also, what's the difference between this forum and the "Extending" group?
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > I would much rather have new email lists than forums. Yes, some folks are > forums people. I am not. > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > >> On 09/06/2014 00:31, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >>> In broad terms: >>> >>> - Forums as a central working group resource we can use to explore >>> ideas, assemble teams, and manage projects >>> >>> Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get the forums mirrored (or gatewayed, or >> whatever the right term is) into e-mail ? >> >> I find the forums impossibly slow and tedious to check, search and read. >> Maybe I need to do it every day, maybe I need to use some option, or some >> external tool, maybe there is some way to get it to show me only the posts >> I haven't read yet (or highlight them?), or some way to download all new >> posts for off-line browsing, or ..... >> >> But right now, I go to the forum page and all I can see is 60 or 70 >> sections, some or all of which might have posts I might or might not have >> read - and it takes an age to go into each one and see if I can remember >> whether or not I've seen everything. >> >> On the other hand, I read the use-list and the dev-list - each time I go >> into my email, I find a simple, sorted, threaded (if I want) set of new >> postings - I read them (or skip them) and I'm very quickly and easily done. >> And if I am connected to the 'net, they are all downloaded and I can read >> them later even if I'm not connected (which happens often). >> >> Net result - I read and sometimes/often respond to the email lists, and >> every so often I try the forums for a day or two before giving up in >> frustration. >> >> Summary - please either gate-way them into an email-based system, or give >> some instructions on how the forums can be made to be user-friendly (which >> may well just be over-coming my ignorance :-) >> >> Thanks >> -- Alex. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
