Mike Scott wrote:
On 25/08/11 17:33, Mathias Bauer wrote:
Am 24.08.2011 22:47, schrieb NoOp:
Hmmm... OK. It was 'tongue-in-cheek' Drew. I'll not even comment on the
Sun->Oracle lists transition :-) But I will add this; if OOoA goes to
forums only, then I'll not be participating.
I think we all should try to become more open for new development. It is
clear that mailing lists are easier to handle for the "regulars", the
most active participants. But OTOH a huge number of users looking for
help (if not the vast majority) aren't experienced mail users.
The results are known:
- posts without subjects
- destroyed threads
- frequent mails with "why do I get all these mails, please help me out
of here" (and that's just the polite version ;-))
- quoting disasters
etc.
Like our present "descadastra-me" friend? :-) I take your point. But I
have a suspicion his type will appear even on a forum, albeit in a
different guise.
Saw this on a forum a little while back. The user had posted a question
and I guess had go an answer. Well time passed and all of a sudden they
get an email about a reply to their thread. They can back wanting to
know why they were receiving the emails.
But if anyone wants to think 'new development', there's no reason one
shouldn't have the best of both worlds. Properly designed, you should
have a back-end with all the info, and then web forum, mail list and
newsgroup are purely different interfaces to the exact same database.
I've no idea if such a thing has been written, but it would surely keep
everyone happy.
It would be great, but there would still be some one to complain that it
was not the way they wanted it. :(
Andy
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