Dave Bayer wrote:
Malcolm Wallace <Malcolm.Wallace <at> cs.york.ac.uk> writes:
Yes, the sheer volume of posts is definitely becoming a problem (for me,
at least).
As a newcomer I was stunned that this otherwise very sophisticated community was
using an email list rather than a bulletin board. The shear torrent of email was
impacting my mail program performance.
I find it incredibly surprising whenever I discover than an otherwise
sophisticated community has adopted a bulletin board rather than email ;)
Then I chased somes repies leading to earlier threads, and found bulletin-board
stye access to our list at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/
I much prefer this access, even if I wish the window spit vertically rather than
horizontally.
A bulletin board has the capabibility to evolve, e.g. into multiple entry
points.
Conversely, a bulletin board cannot be read offline, traps users into a
single UI (in every case I've used, slow, ugly, and lacking in
functionality) over which they have no control.
Modern email programs have sophisticated sorting, filtering, scoring,
processes (not just the MUA, but other programs during the delivery
chain of my emails score them and sort them); and they allow me to read
messages while offline, search them locally, etc etc. They have
customisable key bindings, they allow me to read all of my mailing lists
in one place, they are scriptable, may support plugins... all of this
under full user control.
Of course, having a bulletin board interface available for those who
prefer it is a very nice thing.
Jules
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