I'm using gmail for reading this discussion. It's still hell-ish!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Retout</b> <<a href="mailto:tim@retout.co.uk">tim@retout.co.uk</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 18:50 +0000, Ted Smith wrote:<br>> I totally agree. I am no good with e-mail circulars. I find them hard to
<br>> read, and midly irritating when you have to open up several. I am also a<br>> member of the Ubuntu Linux UK Team and they also use a e-mail circular<br>> like this one.<br><br>Ooh, what do they do, exactly?
<br><br>> I suggested making a quick and basic site (I created<br>> <a href="http://www.f3.org.uk">www.f3.org.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.lost-doggies.com">www.lost-doggies.com</a>) with a discussion forum to make
<br>> it easier to follow threads of discussion. I offered to host it etc too.<br>> But I got shot down in flames and everyone basically suggested that I<br>> was some kind of weirdo because I preferred a web based discussion
<br>> format than e-mail.<br><br>Well, I hope they weren't too hostile about it - it doesn't sound like<br>that would fit with the Code of Conduct.<br><br>But, mailing lists tend to be easier for many people, including me. I
<br>won't visit a forum, but I can lurk on this mailing list, and post<br>occasionally, when I see something interesting.<br><br>Have you got a mail client that threads conversations properly? Most<br>forums don't even handle threading.
<br><br>As a compromise, would something like GMane be useful, for providing a<br>web interface to the mailing list? I'm unsure if <a href="http://lug.org.uk">lug.org.uk</a> already<br>provide something similar. Perhaps they should.
<br><br>--<br>Tim Retout <<a href="mailto:tim@retout.co.uk">tim@retout.co.uk</a>><br><br>Join the FSF as an Associate Member at:<br><URL:<a href="http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=3298">http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=3298
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