Christoph Eckert wrote: >>man, do you know how many web forums there are out there?!!! > > > Yes, and these most often use the default PHPBB design ;-) . > > >>i've >>really gotta say that if it wasn't for web-based forums, i'd still be >>... well, computer-illiterate. i'd say that forums have helped me out >>of hopeless situations 80% of the time to 20% for mailing lists. it >>is *much* easier to search a forum for an *existing* solution than to >>scour mailing lists. > > > Hey, that's great! OTOH, using search engines: Most mailing lists are > gatewayed to HTML so even solutions in mailing lists can be found using > the search engines. > is true ... but still, most search engines lead me to web forums - unless of course, i'm searching for a linux audio solution! shayne
