On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Lamar Owen <lo...@pari.edu> wrote: > On Sunday, August 28, 2011 06:47:08 PM Les Mikesell wrote: >> So, if the forums provide a usable rss feed, reading >> them shouldn't be that bad, even though you have to follow the links >> to read longer messages and reply. > > If the forums have useful RSS feeds, yeah, that would work. I use Kontact; > the default feed reader for Kontact is Akregator, which works reasonably well > as long as the RSS feed is reasonable (that is, you can get all useful > content without having to go to the forum website; if the forum RSS feed > requires me to go to the website for essential things like subjects and > thread starters, then it's unreasonable). > > Otherwise I find web forums require a complete change in workflow; that is, I > have to go look at the website and navigate around, with different > interfaces, logins, and paradigms. I like e-mail when done right > (folderized, threaded, etc). When done wrong it's useless, too, for that > matter.
Not so sure about usability - it looks like the rss is all-or-nothing and I have no interest at all in CentOS4. I'll see how it shows up in google reader. The QA forum works fine that way to pick up the occasional announcement, though. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
