+1 for mailing list On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:50:46PM +0100, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > Magnus Therning wrote: > > I'd like to be able to choose. If it's possible to tie together a > > blog-with-rss, an announce-only mailing list, and a forum-thingie then > > everyone ought to be happy. > > I think blog (hence RSS) and mailing list would do the trick for (pretty > much?) everybody. And it would do the glueing part that much easier... > > Of course there is a theoretical chance that somebody might /only/ use > the forums, but I think this remains a problem in theory only. (Isn't a > mail address required to use those?) > > > Personally I'd subscribe to the mailing list: > > > > 1. I just don't like fora (forums??). Too much mouse action required. > > 2. Reading a blog page would be acceptable, but it would be "yet > > another place to look" for me. I have my mail client open at all > > times, and reading mail is well integrated (maybe too well) into > > my daily routine. > > 3. I'm sure to receive every announcement no matter how (in) > > frequently I read the list. AFAIK RSS-feeds aren't infinite so I'd > > have to keep up, which would mean no more holidays for me :( > > Ditto. To me, as a reader, mail has the advantage of coming to me, I > don't have to "go get it". To me, as a potential poster, mail has the > advantage of being a central place of communication - I don't have to > visit a web site, remember yet another login, deal with a too small > textarea etc. to post an entry. > > I also know why some people prefer RSS, and it could even be useful > to somebody using the announce list (e.g. mail temporarily down, > server disk crash, wife left with the children, etc.) > > As for the blog... well, it comes with RSS :-) > > -- > .-. Mark Rosenstand (-.) > oo| cc ) > /`'\ (+45) 255 31337 3-n-( > (\_;/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _(|/`-> > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >
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