[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

Tue Jun 14 21:57:03 CEST 2011

Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 16:22:42 schreef Lee Forest:
+[...]
+> Android mail does that by default. But that just proves my other point.
+> Half the time these replies complaining about top posting, lazyness, or
+> 'netiquette' are being shot back instead of useful respones. In a forum
+> this is much less of a problem. Most forums are only setup to send just
+> your own reply to the topic, and quoting a specific post instead of the
+> whole thread. Thus not letting the user quote that much at a time by
+> default. Less redundancy by design, and we can move past the
+> 'netiquette' complaints and focus on the topics more. And in the process
+> actually modernize this communication system in a way that moves AWAY
+> from mailboxes bombed with redundancy. Don't count on the users to use
+> 'netiquette' because its been long proven that 'common sense is not all
+> that common', and its by definition 'insane' to expect everyone to use
+> it. Because it will always be a problem with some new users who are new
+> to mailing lists.
+
+I never visit any of the forums.
+
+the problem with forums is:
+ - no textonly, so too much junk like html, colors, fonts and whatnot: this 
+means emphasis on appearance and not on content.
+ - there are more than one forums in all kinds of languages
+
+so you see, there's people who like forums and people who like ML and it's one 
+of the holy wars like the vi vs emacs one, just like wobo said.
+
+this is completely open, everyone is allowed to say their saying, there are 
+only a few rules.
+
+i mean, if you _DO_ want to say your opinion, i think it's only normal to make 
+an effort for it. if you can't make the effort, then perhaps it's not as high 
+priority to yourself as you would like to believe.
+
+and lastly, i am not fond of your wording choice: "modernizing" ? makes me 
+feel like an old dinosaur...
+