[Coco] [Color Computer] CoCoList and the Web, was Re: CoCoList Survey on email but no web browser

[John W. Linville]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 09:37:24PM -0400, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> On 24 Apr 2009 at 17:30, shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:
> 
> > The problem with forums is that it's often hard to find new posts
> > among the old ones. And that the mebus vary.
> 
> I guess you don't use web boards very often. Decent web boards always 
> put the most recent reply to a thread at the top. Also they use some icon to 
> denote whena category has new posts or new replies. 

A: Because it puts the conversation out of order.

Q: Why is putting the most recent post at the top a bad idea?

> I prefer web boards as I can sift through most of the catagories and read 
> only what I wish. Mail lists I do the same but have to delete the ones I don't 
> care to read. 

With email I read only what I wish, then never have to see it again
after I delete it.  Tit for tat...

Have we established that some like it one way and others like it the
way it is?  Is the horse dead?

John
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