Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-21 Thread Josh Berry
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Ricky Clarkson wrote: > Perhaps it's because I'm not actually signed up to many mailing lists, > but personally I don't find the lack of branching in gmail a problem. > I very quickly scroll past the uninteresting posts, like I do in > google reader and twitter.  I

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-21 Thread Ricky Clarkson
Perhaps it's because I'm not actually signed up to many mailing lists, but personally I don't find the lack of branching in gmail a problem. I very quickly scroll past the uninteresting posts, like I do in google reader and twitter. I honestly thought most people were like me in that regard, but t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Kevin Wright
Wave can do this! Oh... wait... On 20 October 2010 22:15, Josh Berry wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Christopher Rued wrote: > >> >> I don't think Gmail, or even Google groups, support this for some >> reason... >> > > You are correct. :( This is sad, as I really don't want to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Josh Berry
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Christopher Rued wrote: > > I don't think Gmail, or even Google groups, support this for some reason... > You are correct. :( This is sad, as I really don't want to switch out of gmail just for the groups stuff. Ah well, I guess I can be one of the ones that st

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Christopher Rued
On 10/20/2010 4:54 PM, Josh Berry wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Josh Berry wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Christopher Rued wrote: >>> Thunderbird shows these messages as threaded (very nice). >> I believe he meant with branches. > Or does that mean I should jump over

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Josh Berry
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Josh Berry wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Christopher Rued wrote: >>  Thunderbird shows these messages as threaded (very nice). > > I believe he meant with branches. Or does that mean I should jump over to thunderbird instead of gmail? :( -- Yo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Josh Berry
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Christopher Rued wrote: >  Thunderbird shows these messages as threaded (very nice). I believe he meant with branches. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to java

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Christopher Rued
Thunderbird shows these messages as threaded (very nice). On 10/20/2010 4:25 PM, Casper Bang wrote: > Staying on topic can be hard. I suspect Google deemed threads too > complicated, but I actually miss the old days of usenet where a > discussion could fork and you could let it be if it was of no

[The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Casper Bang
Staying on topic can be hard. I suspect Google deemed threads too complicated, but I actually miss the old days of usenet where a discussion could fork and you could let it be if it was of no interest to you. Some forums have moderators to detach OT stuff, but since this group is largely unmoderate

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 10/20/10 18:42 , CKoerner wrote: Ah I thought you meant subject as in how you titled a post. What you are describing is staying 'on topic' within a thread. How about when we see that a sub-topic is of interest that someone makes a quick call to create a new thread on said subject and move tha

[The Java Posse] Re: Plea for more discipline in using subjects

2010-10-20 Thread CKoerner
Ah I thought you meant subject as in how you titled a post. What you are describing is staying 'on topic' within a thread. How about when we see that a sub-topic is of interest that someone makes a quick call to create a new thread on said subject and move that talk to it. -- You received this m