[pmwiki-users] Is it time for a pmwiki-devel list?

[Tegan Dowling]

On 10/27/06, Crisses <crisses at kinhost.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 27, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Jan Erik Moström wrote:
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> > Reply to Tegan Dowling <tmdowling at gmail.com> 06-10-27 12:23:
> >
> >>   This is why I've suggested having a bulletin board, instead
> >> of a
> >> mailing list.  A phpbb installation would not be a big deal to set up
> >> or monitor, I wouldn't think.  It would allow threads to
> >> self-organize, it would make it easy for people to participate at
> >> their level of expertise while still having an easy way to "evesdrop"
> >> or even kibbutz on discussions at other levels.
> >>   Anyone care to explain why this would not be a good thing?
> >
> > My answer to this is:
> >
> > It's a pain to use, it takes a lot of time to follow, I can't
> > use it off-line
>
>
>
> I have another reason... web pages take forever to load.  I can
> quickly skim through my email inboxes, I can't in ANY way act that
> quickly when dealing with a web forum.
>
> Another is interface lock-in.  In my mail program it's MY mail
> program.  If I don't like it, I can choose another mail program.
>
> Crisses

Jan and Criss:  Thanks to both for taking the time to address my
suggestion/question.  That will be quite helpful to know in other
situations, as well.

Tegan