On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:14:57 -0700, davidrclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Pete, > > You're not the only one who prefers forums to mailing lists. I agree with > you on "say stuff and read stuff." I also don't care at all for the > archive software that is used, for example, for this mailing list in > comparison to forum software that I have used. It's one more thing that > makes mailing lists look to me like an anachronism. Wow. I wasn't actually aware that there are people who prefer forums (really). The key thing to me for mailing lists is that you dont have to think about which bits you last read, they just turn up, in a mail folder, and you dont accidentally miss an interesting discussion because you forgot to check the forum website for a week. My memory is not good enough to remmeber what forum threads and messages I have read otherwise. Also the time take to compose a typical forum message is massivly higher than replying to a list - though that way be a point in forum's favour ;) - Steve
