> Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:52:42 +1000 > From: Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Proposal - the use-revolution list > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> It's not strange at all. A mailing list comes to you and demands your >> attention. A message board sits there lurking 24/7, but unless you >> bother to check it, it generally won't remind you. >> > This is my problem with a forum/message board/newsgroup. The list comes > directly to my inbox and I can easily scan through the new items, > discarding the threads that don't interest me and reading those that > do. Most of the emails come during the Australian night, so I don't > even have to wait for them to download :-) If I had to log in to a web > site and click my way painfully through a series of links, I wouldn't > read most of them and therefore would be in no position to respond. > > So please, whatever else is set up in parallel, don't drop the list!
Just a note to say that we have no intention of dropping the list. This model works well for a large number of people. What, if anything, we set up in parallel, is open to debate. It's certainly possible that at some time in the future we will add a web forum. Regards, Heather > > Cheers, > Sarah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.troz.net/Rev/ -- Heather Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> Runtime Revolution Ltd. Tel: +44 (0) 131 7184333 Fax: +44 (0)1639 830707 Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution