<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 February 2011 01:33, William F. Maddock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billsey@earthlink.net">billsey@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
>From: "a.l.e" <<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>><br>
>Sent: Feb 22, 2011 6:44 AM<br>
>To: Scribus User Mailing List <<a href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info">scribus@lists.scribus.info</a>><br>
>Subject: Re: [scribus] Using BBS instead<br>
<div class="im">><br>
>me too :-)<br>
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>On 2/22/11 1:04 PM, Stephen Carboni wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">>> Hi Everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> Instead of using a mailing list for scribus support, how about we use<br>
>> a forum/BBS?<br>
>><br>
>> I find the mailing list to archaic and clunky.<br>
>><br>
>> Forums are much easier to use for the end user who has problems they<br>
>> want to resolve.<br>
>><br>
</div>>> Thoughts?<br>
>><br>
>> -Steve.<br>
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</div><div class="im">>more seriously, what are the advantage of a forum against a mailing list?<br>
><br>
>i'm aware of the fact that many people prefer asking questions in a<br>
>forum, but i'd like to read from a forum-power-user what would are the<br>
>good reasons to switch to a forum.<br>
><br>
>- what is archaic in here?<br>
>- what is clunky?<br>
><br>
>on the other side:<br>
>- how can you make sure that good answers get in?<br>
>- who filters out the trash?<br>
><br>
>finally, there are two ongoing projects to create a forum-like interface<br>
>to this mailing list...<br>
>maybe, we will have a solution for everybody soon...<br>
><br>
>personally, i've rather made bad experiences with forums... but it may<br>
>be just me!<br>
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</div>It's not just you.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I believe the user experience in a forum is usually bad. There is the problem of a bad interface that a user normally can't change. With e-mail everyone can use the interface she likes most and usually uses quite often.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The other thing about forums is that you have to actively do something to follow what's going on (going to a site, hitting reload every couple mnutes to see if anything new happened). With a mailing list stuff just pops up in your inbox and at least I have my mailreader open most of the day.</div>
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