--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg, I'm not following you. If we go with Google groups, I believe > you can still use your email interface--so no worries there. But > when > I use Gmail, I don't have to bounce around or open up new windows. > It > opens up a window right where I am reading when I want to reply. > > Kevin >
I was referring to the proposal that we wait for a Plone based Forum. maybe these type of interfaces are "cool" right now (maybe because they resemble blogs), but I don't find them at all user friendly. We recently had several forums set up on our intranet to discuss accessibility and other issues, and I don't like them at all. I'd be surprised if your e-mail client doesn't offer you the opportunity to change its settings to something more in line with your preferences. At any rate, what I don't want to have to do is set one bookmark for Hardhats, one for OpenHealth and so on, and then periodically go out and check to see if there's anything new. I realized that you can usually arrange to receive e-mail notifications when people reply to selected messages, but then what's the point? It still disturbs your flow, and you have to through several steps just to read the message, much less reply to it. Perhaps part of the problem is that I subscribe to several developer lists, and if messages go to my e-mail, I have centralized access, and I don't have to learn a new interfaced for each. It might be one thing if you only cared about Hardhats, but I'm also interested in OS X development, user interfaces, functional programming, health information systems, and (gasp!) maybe a few projects other than VistA. (As you might expect, they don't all receive equal amounts of attention, I just don't have the time, but they're all important.) === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Metaphors be with you. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
