On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:57:11PM +0100, Essien Ita Essien wrote: [ snipping like crazy ]
>> What about the front page? That's what it's supposed to be used for.
>> All you need is an rss reader and you can get all the announcements
>> there (assuming we devs actually use it, which is something we'd have
>> to get more practice with).
>Yup... the front page is a logical place, and the rss thingy works
>too... for those that don't like opening webbrowsers too much (like
>me), use the rss feed, for the browser junkies, get to the home page
>straight-up
>
>(Then this may be asking for *tooooo* much :D, but maybe let the input
>to the front-page be the announce-only list? such that a script gleans
>the list messages and posts to the front page, that way you can also
>subscribe to the ml only. I know its asking for a lot ;), users...
>we're never satisfied :) )
>
>i personally am rss fed by the dev blog already too, so may be we
>should find a way to consolidate them, and then the devs should *bless*
>one medium as *official* so if you don't check that... it becomes your
>fault, not the devs' fault.
>
>thoughts?
I'd like to be able to choose. If it's possible to tie together a
blog-with-rss, an announce-only mailing list, and a forum-thingie then
everyone ought to be happy.
Personally I'd subscribe to the mailing list:
1. I just don't like fora (forums??). Too much mouse action required.
2. Reading a blog page would be acceptable, but it would be "yet
another place to look" for me. I have my mail client open at all
times, and reading mail is well integrated (maybe too well) into my
daily routine.
3. I'm sure to receive every announcement no matter how (in)frequently
I read the list. AFAIK RSS-feeds aren't infinite so I'd have to keep
up, which would mean no more holidays for me :(
/M
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