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Roderick Colenbrander thunderbird2k at gmx.net
Thu Nov 13 05:24:28 CST 2003


Useally forums have an option to notify you when replies were added to a 
thread you replied to.

Roderick

On Thursday 13 November 2003 11:52, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Mike Hearn wrote:
> >On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:15:09 -0800, Sir Dan Kegel scribed thus:
> >>A web interface that let you post to the mailing list would
> >>be fine.  A web forum would not.  It would mean that, if I
> >>wanted to answer user questions, I'd have to get used to
> >>another strange interface that probably has crappy indexing
> >>and is full of fruity HTML that gets in the way.
> >
> >Actually, the LQ archives are indexed very well by Google (and they use a
> >heavily stripped form of HTML). It also has a built in search feature, as
> >well as an instant "threads similar to this one".
>
> But they don't solve the fundemental problem for me - I need a "push"
> interface. Experience has shown that I am totally unable to follow a
> forum where I need to go out and check whether anything got updated.
> With mailing list (and also nntp), new stuff automatically arrives at my
> box, and is clearly marked as new. For that reason, any web only
> interface is totally unacceptable.
>
> I understand that many people, mostly newbies, find the mailing
> interface every bit as confusing. That's fine with me. That's why a both
> solution is necessary.
>
>              Shachar




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