The forum offers a fromat making it much easier to view the entire thread history, and has the advantage of displaying code sections in separate scrolling fields. It seems more natural, to me, to tackle questions that require back and forth comments from several people, these issues developing over time. Collecting multiple e-mails, sorted by thread, as opposed to collecting posts in a linear list, is far less effective.
I believe. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 18, 2012 1:05 pm Subject: Re: Serious Question about the list... On 3/18/12 8:32 AM, Richard MacLemale wrote: > Here's my serious question. Why do so many people "in the know" use > the list instead of the official RunRev LiveCode forums? This comes up periodically. I hate the forums. I ignored them for years, now I make myself go there once a day when I remember and when there's time. It's tedious and slow to navigate and requires intentional decisions about what pages to load when time is short. The mailing list comes to me effortlessly and I can filter all the messages into a single folder where I can see much more than just a list of topics at a glance. I can reply to an email instantly with no delay. Replying on the forum takes several time-consuming page loads, and you have to type into a silly little box and use awkward clickable buttons to quote or format. Unlike email where you can see and edit as you go, you have to load a "preview" page to see your formatted message in the forum, then reload it again after editing. It's a pain. I only reply when I have time. If RR would implement mail behavior in the forums I think you'd see all the gurus participating because they could do it quickly and painlessly from their email client. I'm waiting for that. Then I'd never have to load that awful interface into a browser again. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
