On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:33:06 -0600 (GMT-06:00) "William F. Maddock" <billsey at earthlink.net> dijo:
>>> Instead of using a mailing list for scribus support, how about we >>> use a forum/BBS? >>> >>> I find the mailing list to archaic and clunky. >>> >>> Forums are much easier to use for the end user who has problems they >>> want to resolve. >>more seriously, what are the advantage of a forum against a mailing >>list? >> >>i'm aware of the fact that many people prefer asking questions in a >>forum, but i'd like to read from a forum-power-user what would are >>the good reasons to switch to a forum. >>personally, i've rather made bad experiences with forums... but it >>may be just me! >I prefer the mailing list format for this group. First off, almost >everyone gets an email account as part of their Internet access >account without having to pay more for it (and each of us can moderate >our own email account(s) to our own heart's content). With a forum, >somebody has to own secure, and maintain a website (which is neither >easy, nor free), and individual users do not have the democracy of >moderating what gets into their access and what does not. If you want >into the forum you have to trust that someone serving as a moderator >has at least minimally similar ideas with you as to what is allowable >and/or appropriate (which always results in spats, bans, and other >such unpleasantnesses). I participate in forums and e-lists, and I don't give a hoot which Scribus uses. Scribus is open source, so if someone wants a forum badly enough, go create one. Meantime, I can think of a lot of things that we could better spend our energies on.
