On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:37:01AM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote: > So, mailing list suck? Yes, mailing list suck. But web forums are *much* worse. > I really prefer them, but many of the foss projects I contribute to are moving > to web forums. Forum + RSS is just like a mailing list (imho). Except, then your forced to deal with an RSS client. You add complexity for no benefit. > Recently my main project has moved to forums, to keep threads intact so that > it is possible to see the whole conversation over time. What's wrong with list archives for this purpose? The layout of web interface to some archives may not be as nice as some forums, but in that case I think the focus should be on improving the archive. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! > So, what do you think, move to forums? This also relates to the whole SIG > thread awhile back, forums would lend themselves to SIGs. Please don't. > Maybe both? Some sort of web forum that can gate to mailing lists? How about an archive that allowed posting? I can see problems with that, but it appeals to me much more than the reverse because as is probably clear by now, I don't like web forums. ;) > Just throwing out ideas. Just bouncing 'em back. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |