[Sderby] Re: Sderby Digest, Vol 113, Issue 2

[Teh Gooroo]

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

Gah.
not another forum to fail to read and get behind and have to log into.
A mailing list system which had a forumish interface to those who
wanted it perhaps...

what was the topic again?

J

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