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> On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
> My biggest problem with web forums is many are set up so you have to
That I understand and it is not an uncommon response, the difference really
lays in the way you set up your Email client to portray threads. Which was a
god send to those of us who remember mailinglist's as digest only creatures
that got delivered once a day through things like FIDO net. Many web forums
take me back to those days.
> With forums you do have the option to quote the text you are
That workflow is a major step back for me. That is the equivalent to going
back to Digest mail dumps for me.
> The single thread is identical to email for me. Every message in
That is your adaption of work process within the techno-bio
interface, and if it works for you, cool, if not you will adapt your work
style and your interface parameters until you something that feels right for
you.
The last point is that this is all in support of Jon's company and games and
if a single member takes a position that alienates a chunk of his customer
base in his name, then then both Jon's ability to make sales is hurt as well
as making the community that actively supports those game that much poorer.
> That I understand and it is not an uncommon response, the difference
I've used forums that do "thread" replies to the message they're directly
responding to and they end up being completely unwieldly. YOu have responses
at different levels of the page posted at different times and you have to sort
through them to find the recent ones you haven't read yet. I find it
combersome and chaotic. I promotes people sliding off topic and creating whole
new topic threads within the same thread instead of starting a whole new one.
I've seen those interfaces and they never promote posting on the boards.
> The last point is that this is all in support of Jon's company and
Jon has just covered that.
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> On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
> I've used forums that do "thread" replies to the message they're
Both that and the chronological list are both arguments against forums, though
a chronological forum in conjunction with a mailist is useful as an archive
for me.
> I find it cumbersome and chaotic. I promotes people sliding off topic
Well, that is one of the fun aspects of a mailist that i kinda enjoy, though
it is polite to change the subject line when one starts to go
afield. But admittedly I am a chaos/big-picture sorta person, and
that suits my work-style.
> The last point is that this is all in support of Jon's company and
Yes, yes he did.....
> On 11-Jul-06, at 11:51 AM, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
Funny - that sounds like slashdot!
> Jon has just covered that.