CJ Fleck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While the web site is going up, move this mailing list to a forum.
If you mean a web-based forum, I disagree. I personally don't like such forums because of the following reasons: - They force the same user interface down everyone's throat. With email/NNTP, I--and everybody else--can choose my favorite software and interface. - They provide poor editing support, and editing areas are small (it's like looking through a keyhole). I want to be able to comfortably do advanced text editing with both text and source code, and see as much of it as possible. - With web forums, I have to access them from different sites with different interfaces. Instead, I can easily and quickly access all my messages in a single place. - Even with broadband Internet connections and reasonably fast machines, the performance of web-based forums is not good enough for me. I simply do not want to wait for more than a fraction of a second to simply see a message. I often hear that web-based forums are the wave of the future, and technology will certainly improve. And I guess other people's mileages may--and indeed do--vary. But as of December 2005, web-based forums are simply not good enough for me, and I actively avoid them. Paolo -- Lisp Propulsion Laboratory log - http://www.paoloamoroso.it/log _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
