On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 11:07:43AM +0100, Mars wrote: [[...] > Or maybe we just need a real forum... I was actually thinking about > posting something similar several times already, especially before > this new official front end. For people who never used newsgroups > etc, it feels extremely awkward at first. And if you're used to > normal, modern board softwares, this is like a small down grade. You > get used to it of course, but I'm sure this drove people away in the > past. > Although it's much better now. [...]
I personally just prefer email. I use a threading mailer, and it allows me to sort through threads, keep those I'm interested in, prune those I'm not interested in, etc., *much* better than any forum software I've ever seen. The thing about discussions is that they tend to bifurcate easily, something that current forum software just can't handle in a nice way without breaking the branching structure somehow. Plus, with email I get to use text-only, which is a big plus for me because it focuses on the meat of the discussion instead of distracting with pretty graphics. And I can stay away from that resource hog called the browser for yet one more thing. But that's just me... most people don't agree with that. :-) T -- I think the conspiracy theorists are out to get us...
