[Coco] CoCoList and the Web, was Re: CoCoList Survey on email but no web browser access CoCo users.

[Sean]

I THINK NOT HAVING LOWERCASE WAS AWESOME TOO.  300 BAUD WAS ALL I EVER NEEDED.
AND WE WALKED HOME THROUGH THE SNOW UPHILL BOTH WAYS.

:-)



On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM, John W. Linville
<linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:06:55PM -0500, Roger Taylor wrote:
>> At 12:57 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:59:27AM -0500, Sean wrote:
>>> > Mailing lists are good for current discussions, but forums are much
>>> > better for archiving info or being able to search for specific topics.
>>
>>> * Citation needed *
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+forum
>
> Congratulations!  Google can find your website...so?
>
>>> If anything, I find web forums to be _much_ more _difficult_ to search
>>> for specific topics.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+forum+nitros-9
>
> Setting aside whether or not "nitros-9" is a _specific_ topic...
>
> All that does is point me at your forum.  It doesn't prevent me
> from having to click through it or deal with its awkward interface.
> And if I wanted a local copy of the information, I either need to cut &
> paste to an editor or I need to mirror your website (which also could
> change on a whim).
>
> For comparison:
>
>        http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2009-April/thread.html
>
> Of course, that still completely misses the point.  I don't want to
> have to use a web interface _at_all_.  The email comes to me, and if
> I think it will be interesting in the future then I don't delete it.
> When I want to search for something, it is probably in my mail
> folder already.  And if not, Dennis/Mailman has it waiting for me.
>
> John
>
> P.S.  Couldn't leave "specific topic" alone...
>
>        http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+superboard
>
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