I would much rather have new email lists than forums. Yes, some folks are forums people. I am not.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > On 09/06/2014 00:31, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> In broad terms: >> >> - Forums as a central working group resource we can use to explore ideas, >> assemble teams, and manage projects >> >> Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get the forums mirrored (or gatewayed, or > whatever the right term is) into e-mail ? > > I find the forums impossibly slow and tedious to check, search and read. > Maybe I need to do it every day, maybe I need to use some option, or some > external tool, maybe there is some way to get it to show me only the posts > I haven't read yet (or highlight them?), or some way to download all new > posts for off-line browsing, or ..... > > But right now, I go to the forum page and all I can see is 60 or 70 > sections, some or all of which might have posts I might or might not have > read - and it takes an age to go into each one and see if I can remember > whether or not I've seen everything. > > On the other hand, I read the use-list and the dev-list - each time I go > into my email, I find a simple, sorted, threaded (if I want) set of new > postings - I read them (or skip them) and I'm very quickly and easily done. > And if I am connected to the 'net, they are all downloaded and I can read > them later even if I'm not connected (which happens often). > > Net result - I read and sometimes/often respond to the email lists, and > every so often I try the forums for a day or two before giving up in > frustration. > > Summary - please either gate-way them into an email-based system, or give > some instructions on how the forums can be made to be user-friendly (which > may well just be over-coming my ignorance :-) > > Thanks > -- Alex. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
