Re: [sumo] Can't... keep... up...

[David Bonner <dbonner@gmail.com>]

Agreed. I've got gmail invites for anyone who wants 'em, it does a great job 
separating everything into threads of conversation, and the filtering system 
is one of the nicest I've used. I'll take the ml over a forum I have to 
continually check any day.

On Apr 6, 2005 2:20 AM, Juergen Hader <jhsumo@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Shameless plug for the forum I know but the logic that going to a web
> > forum takes too long as opposed to this ML is utter baloney and holds no
> > water when you see121, 156, 180 new messages from the list and have to
> > manually trawl through it all - threading -wonderful thing
> > progress.....................
> 
> I'm sorry to have to disagree with you (ok, I'm not sorry but polite :).
> 
> With this list I get all postings in a straight line in my mailbox, read
> those with a subject that might interest me and mark all others as read
> (yes, modern mailing software can do this). All this reading can be done
> offline.
> 
> In a web forum, I have to click on every thread and scroll down to the
> bottom until I find the first new posting while waiting for tons of silly
> little pictures to load, just to read something like "yes, you're right".
> And of course, all of this has to happen online, including the quick 
> search
> for the interesting text about Whoeverhana I read some weeks ago.
> 
> So my 2 (Euro) Cent: keep your progress for people with too much time.
> And by the way: you can have threading in mailreaders, too.
> 
> Bye.
> Juergen
> [EndPost by "Juergen Hader" <jhsumo@gmx.net>]
> 



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