-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: > s. keeling wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: >> Nah, the kids these days think MLs are old hat and frumpy compared to >> web forums.
I avoid web forums--the intelligence level is nowhere *near* as high as on mailing lists* and it's much harder to be part of a community there--you're more likely to go there whining for help and nothing else, whereas on a mailing list there's more give and take--if you see the postings as you're reading your e-mail in the morning, you might have something to contribute to a discussion--then the people there are more willing to help you when you need help. Web forums are philistine for the most part, IMHO. I don't know of very many major projects where developers hang out on at the forums, most of the time the smart users and developers are found on the mailing lists. > No, kids are lazy and don't want to learn how to research, or do the > research themselves. > >> You can't point and click on anything in slrn or mutt. > > Isn't that why there's icedove, sylpheed, kmail...? The mail user agent interface is vastly more conducive to coherent discussion, especially when everyone follows basic conventions for things like quoting. phpBB isn't even threaded, for gosh sakes. Have you ever tried to find the information you need in a 180-page web forum post? Not to mention it's search function is absolutely god-awful. Andrew -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGLQ62huM+Z62a52oRAhTHAJ9vMzfsLrRGILSj9KF1FHXhD9Qh6ACZAS9W 2EFfO0c2UUGQzYr7L8oFWB8= =xabC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
