:-)
i like newsgroup style better actually.
browsing through a web forum can be pretty annoying sinc you have to click
and load different pages. it can be slow, and sometimes it is difficult to
get an overview.
the mailing list is better, but sometimes tends to clutter my inbox. not to
mention that our email address is easily harvested by spammers.
newsgroups seems to incorporate the best of both worlds. of course nothing
is perfect, so they will have their annoiances too probably.
kind regards, Bruno
From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [openbeos] Re: news forum Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 18:41:16 -0400
Several months back, we had a public forum for newsletter comments.
It was removed due to nearly complete disuse. :-/
We have been having a similar discussion about the new site - which is better, forums or mailing lists.
Before you respond, it is a pretty much 50/50 split. Some people like the polling model (forums), some people (me, for one) prefer the interrupt model (mailing lists). What I have asked Kurtis about is this - if we have our own mailserver, why can't we build a fairly simple gateway? If a registered user posts in a forum, the post is sent out to the mailing list. If a mail goes out on the mailing list, it is automatically posted to the forum. Then everyone is happy. We are still investigating this approach.
But these are the sort of things that we are looking at for the new website - we do hear you (and read the suggestion box). We just can't finish everything at once. ;-)
>"Imre Leber" <imre.leber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Certainly in light of the latest scientific insights i would like to >> ask to >> add a public forum to the newsletter section. That way you could add >> your >> personal comments on the topics. For the people reading the >> newsletter it >> would be possible to express their ideas and see what other people's >> ideas >> are on the topic. For the author it is a way to see what other people >> think >> about their article. That way you don't have to ask yourself wether >> someone >> actually reads this stuff. > >Yes, something like this would be very nice, I guess!
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