Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Haskell Forum

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kevin Jardine wrote:

On Jul 26, 6:45 pm, Nick Bowler wrote:

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Since when do mailing lists not have threading?  Web forums with proper support for threading seem to be few and far apart.

Most of the email clients I'm familiar with don't support threaded displays and most of the web forums I'm familiar with do (although the feature is not always switched on).

In my experience the debate between mailing list vs. web forum can become very emotional (especially when discussed via a mailing list) and I don't think it is that productive. Some people like one, some people like the other. That's why I think that it is useful to give people a choice.

Interesting, I've never figured out why some people prefer forums, but you're proof that they exist :) They always seemed like a clumsy reinvention of usenet to me. It might be because all my email clients are threaded. Apart from threading and attachments, are there other reasons you prefer a forum? How about something like google groups, which presents a web using forum-esque interface to mailing lists? It threads and provides a separate place to upload files. You can even design a few pages to associate with the list for introductory material, FAQs, and whatnot, sort of like a generalization of the "sticky thread" idea from forums. I'm pretty sure there are web-oriented interfaces to this mailing list too... where do they fall short?