I get the inability to search the archive for n00bs. That's a problem. For those of us who receive these messages in one of our google accounts, it isn't a problem. In my case I have a hair under 13,000 threads that I have received since my arrival in the LC community. I wonder if Edinburgh has something resembling a searchable index for the n00bs, though.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Skip Kimpel <skiplon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Same here..... -1 for Google Chat. I much prefer a listserv for the same > reason Matthias referred to as it is quick and easy to respond to using a > tool (email) that is in my face 24/7. > > SKIP > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Matthias Rebbe < > matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > > > Google Chat would be a NoGo for me. > > > > My mail app is opened all the day anyway, so the mailing list is the best > > solution for me. > > I know that the forum is also a good source of help and knowledge and i > am > > trying to visit it as often as possible. > > Just today i installed an RSS reader to be up to date with new forum > posts. > > But the mailing list will be my number one source. > > Why, because i can read and respond very quick and easily. > > > > Google Chat or any other web based system would stop me to participate in > > discussions or at least it would stop me to participate regularly in > > discussions. > > > > But that´s just my opinion. > > > > Matthias > > > > > Am 30.09.2016 um 21:53 schrieb William Jamieson < > > williamdjamie...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > I was raised with a computer, with facebook for my friends and google > as > > my > > > study guide. I don't really understand the use-list's format and have > > only > > > attempted to read it maybe 5 times in the 2 years I have been on it. > > > > > > Forums are great but still remind me of my childhood and are generally > > used > > > for specific issues. I would really like a Slack thread that can be > > > indexed, but to ask people to move away from email might be a little > too > > > technological for most. > > > > > > As a person who wants to be involved with the community, and seeing > that > > > the answers to a lot of problems and issues are contained in this > > massive, > > > unindexed, scattered, blob, of words that spans thousands of emails in > my > > > inbox, I would like to make a plea to use any alternative that works. > > > > > > I understand that the use-list is for the OG's but let me ask you, at > > what > > > cost is it acceptable? Even for the OG's, let me ask you, how many > > > solutions pointers to the problems you have had do you think are > > contained > > > within the history of the use-list? Can you pull them up quickly in an > > > organized fashion? > > > > > > > > > William D Jamieson > > > Amplifiid Education > > > Co-Founder > > > (408) 692-5356 > > > www.amplifiideducation.com > > > williamdjamie...@gmail.com > > > <http://facebook.com/williamdjamieson> > > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdjamieson> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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." _______________________________________________ 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