[Gllug] GLLUG Newsletter - 19/06/06

[Aaron Trevena]

On 20/06/06, John G Walker <johngwalker at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >The other thing is Forums take up time in great
> > chunks, where as mail I can read between other things and delete /
> > file as I go which to me is superb !
> >
>
> That's my point. There are two sorts of forum - those where you want to
> react to posts as you go along and those where you want to think about
> things, re-read the thread, etc before perhaps replying. The first type
> fits an email format, the second a web format.
>
> A "learn Python" forum belongs, IMHO, in the second category. You'd
> want to spend time trying things, investigating etc before coming to a
> conclusion about the contents of a post. You'll want to devote a chunk
> of time to it, not slip it casually,

Depends on your mail client :)

I find gmail works better than any web forum for following
discussions, finding posts, etc

A.
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