Quoting Vjeran Marcinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luc Peerdeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Tapestry 4.0-beta-1
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't quite understand what the problem is that some people have with
> > the mailinglist. You can
> >
> > 1 - have it delivered by mail to your own account
> > 2 - read it with an NNTP reader via gmane
> > 3 - read it on the web using gmane
> > 4 - search it using gmane
> >
> > I don't see what is missing here, to be honest.
> >
> > I especially like NNTP access, it is much more time efficient than having
> > to visit a forum every day. If there would be only a forum I would
> > definitely _not_ read it. I really think web forums are quite outdated,
> > and many people now prefer news or news-like access through RSS feeds.
>
> Forum:
> - groups post per forum type (Users, Developers, Next Version, Custom
> components announcements)
Only if the user knows where his post belongs and there are different
mailinglists.
> - presents posts in much prettier and understandable way (by coloring pieces
> od code for eg.)
ok
> - have search capability integrated (otherwise we should have "Mailing List
> Guide" link beside Mailing List link, explaining where one can search the
> list and other missing stuff)
you can use gmane
> - when you change PC you're working on, posts are stil there; you're not
> dependent upon your mail box
you can use gmane or imap
> - shows nicely number of posts for each thread, which one is hot etc...
if i see that every second email has the subject "[ANNOUNCE] Tapestry
4.0-beta-1" i know that it is hot :-)
> And one more thing, 70% od developers never heard about GMANE. It's a bit
> lame thing when you have to point people to some other stuff out there for
> required functionality. They want to have as much of it at one place.
> Actually, I accept different opinions of people like you. What I don't like
> is that you already have legacy advantage that makes people like me still
> stuck here and not being able to use forum only, because nobody will go
> there when all discussions are already here. Spring community new it also,
> and they did it by closing mailing list.
The best thing would be a mail-to-forum and forum-to-mail gateway and everyone
would be happy :-)
Cheers,
Markus
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