Magnus Therning wrote: > 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.
I think blog (hence RSS) and mailing list would do the trick for (pretty much?) everybody. And it would do the glueing part that much easier... Of course there is a theoretical chance that somebody might /only/ use the forums, but I think this remains a problem in theory only. (Isn't a mail address required to use those?) > 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 :( Ditto. To me, as a reader, mail has the advantage of coming to me, I don't have to "go get it". To me, as a potential poster, mail has the advantage of being a central place of communication - I don't have to visit a web site, remember yet another login, deal with a too small textarea etc. to post an entry. I also know why some people prefer RSS, and it could even be useful to somebody using the announce list (e.g. mail temporarily down, server disk crash, wife left with the children, etc.) As for the blog... well, it comes with RSS :-) -- .-. Mark Rosenstand (-.) oo| cc ) /`'\ (+45) 255 31337 3-n-( (\_;/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _(|/`-> _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
