On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 17:16 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 23:07 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2005 8:15 PM, Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When you find one who is more successful at handling very-high-volume > > > traffic and contributing meaningfully to it with fora rather than > > > mailing lists, let me know... I'd like to meet that person, for I've > > > never found someone like that. > > > > > You sound like you need gmail. Should I send you an invite? > > Good Lord, no. Thanks for your good intentions, but I can see nothing > that Gmail would offer me that my Linux-based notebook (and my 60GB > email account) don't already give me, and indeed it would offer me a > whole lot less. > > But you *have* missed the point. I'm on the run right now and don't have > time to explain, but in brief: I think fora... > > - are slower to use > - are slower to browse > - are slower to respond > - don't let me work offline (as I am doing now, for instance) > - don't let me filter/search/manage massive amounts of traffic > - don't let me store my own archives and copies > - waste massive amounts of bandwidth > - require a mouse... > - ...and a lot of patience for EACH page to load after EACH click > - and much, much more > > As someone who answers more questions than I ask, and as someone who > reads a large part of the 400 messages I get per day, and as someone who > has been doing this (Usenet, mailing lists, fora) for almost as long as > they've all been around, I can categorically tell you that a forum is > much less functional for experts. > > And we're going to be less valuable as a community if we have fewer > people answering fewer questions, aren't we? ---- I have little interest in forums myself but I certainly wish for those who find forums a more comfortable fit, a happy and rewarding experience. Personally, I haven't a clue what you are so worked up about. Craig
