Re: [Sheflug] Use of mailing lists and online forums

[Robert Holland <bobholland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim Dobson wrote:

> I find web forums are annoying because I have to fire up a web browser 
> and *go* to that site  to check for new posts etc, as opposed to my 
> mail, which i check at least once a day, and getting discussion in the 
> same place makes sense.
> 
Exactly.
> 
> Once you start thinking like that it becomes clearer I think

Mmm - may be some parallels in the following...

Before the days of WIMP, computers processed data and helped automate 
tedious tasks to get a job done. Nowadays, the focus seems to be on the 
'richness of the user experience' and I have to make a thousand mouse 
clicks because some stupid designer didn't allow an otherwise simple 
operation to be scripted.

Email lists allow me to filter / organise incoming information in a way 
which suits me and my working methods. Forums on the other hand want me 
to enter the mindset of the forum designer.

Thanks.

Bob
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