On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Stephan Plath <flex-...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 17.08.2013 19:06, schrieb Justin Mclean: > >> ... but I still don't understand why people prefer it to using a real >> email client. >> > > I guess there are endless discussions in the web why the one is better > than the other respectively about the pros and cons. > > One good "theory" is this one: > http://www.freelock.com/blog/**john-locke/2010-03/mailing-** > list-or-forum-theory<http://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2010-03/mailing-list-or-forum-theory> > > There is also an interesting discussion at stackexchange: > http://programmers.**stackexchange.com/questions/** > 71148/why-do-programmers-**still-use-mailing-lists<http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/71148/why-do-programmers-still-use-mailing-lists> > > and you can even find psychological reflections like this: > http://psychcentral.com/blog/**archives/2012/10/20/mailing-** > lists-versus-forums-community-**convenience-closeness/<http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/10/20/mailing-lists-versus-forums-community-convenience-closeness/> > > One aspect of my own preference (or better co-existence) of a web forum is > the usage of multiple devices for (mainly) reading the mailing lists. I'm > managing the mailing list emails on my laptop with Thunderbird which is OK, > but could be better in thread-sorting/arrangement. The other time I use my > iPad, but I won't imagine how to handle the mailing list with iPad's mail > client. The web mailing list archive is crippled and cumbersome. Even more > on my smartphone! > I also follow the activity on the mailing list on my PC at work and there > I don't want flood my mail client with even more mails. Again I dislike > there to use the mailing list archive and I couldn't write to mailing list > - until now. > > So I still don't understand why people don't understand the reasons to > using web forums, but ... > > > > Each to their own I guess. > > I think that's a good conclusion of all. ;-) > > Thank you Justin, for the realization! :) > Stephan > And the best part is that folks who prefer the mailing list wont even have to know that such a mirrored forum exists. Everyone is happy now :-) Thanks Justin! Om
