On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 06:36:06PM +0200, Oleg Broytman <p...@phdru.name> wrote:
> Hi! Let me completely disagree.
>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 04:31:06PM +0200, Arek Bulski <arek.bul...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have been a subscriber only for few weeks now but I dont like the mailing
> > list at all. First, I get all the topics even tho Windows encoding is not
> > of my interest. Second, most of the text is auto quotes anyway. Third,
> > editing posts can sometimes be helpful, for correcting typos and such.
> >
> > I think it would be beneficial to use GitHub issues instead, one for each
> > topic and perhaps one for general notifications like announcing new topics
> > or forum wide announcements.
> >
> > Unfortunately it seems that moving away from existing ways always meets
> > with a lot of inertia. On the other hand, python is probably one of most
> > actively developed langs around so maybe it is doable. I put my proposal on
> > the forum floor to discuss.
> >
> > Cheers to all active participants.
>
> The advantages of email:
>
> -- Push technology: it's delivered to my mailbox and I don't need to
> visit the discussion site.
> -- I can filter incoming messages and deliver them to whatever mailboxes
> I prefer.
> -- I can read it in any interface I prefer -- there are mail user agents
> with Web, GUI, TUI and command line interfaces.
> -- I can filter and sort message in whatever order I prefer -- by
> discussion, by subtopic, by date, by author.
> -- I can download the entire mail archive or its part to process it
> offline -- read it, search through it, write messages while offline
> to send them later.
-- I can edit messages in my preferred editor (browsers with extensions
also allow that though I consider that less convenient).
-- I can pipe messages through different programs -- pagers, decoders,
decryptors, antispam filters.
> The disadvantages of web chat/forum/trackers:
>
> -- It forces me to always be online.
> -- Very limited support for themes in the interface -- I can only read
> messages in whatever web interface the f..ing servers and the
> freaking browsers give me.
> -- Very limited functionality for message filtering, sorting and searching.
Oleg.
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Oleg Broytman http://phdru.name/ p...@phdru.name
Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
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