[Coco] CoCoList and the Web, was Re: CoCoList Survey on email but no web browser access CoCo users.

[Ryan Pritchard]

YOU FORGOT TO INCLUDE THAT IS WAS 40 BELOW OUT.

Regards,

Ryan Pritchard
Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies



On 22-Apr-09, at 7:49 PM, Sean wrote:

> I THINK NOT HAVING LOWERCASE WAS AWESOME TOO.  300 BAUD WAS ALL I  
> EVER NEEDED.
> AND WE WALKED HOME THROUGH THE SNOW UPHILL BOTH WAYS.
>
> :-)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM, John W. Linville
> <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:06:55PM -0500, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>> At 12:57 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:59:27AM -0500, Sean wrote:
>>>>> Mailing lists are good for current discussions, but forums are  
>>>>> much
>>>>> better for archiving info or being able to search for specific  
>>>>> topics.
>>>
>>>> * Citation needed *
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+forum
>>
>> Congratulations!  Google can find your website...so?
>>
>>>> If anything, I find web forums to be _much_ more _difficult_ to  
>>>> search
>>>> for specific topics.
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+forum+nitros-9
>>
>> Setting aside whether or not "nitros-9" is a _specific_ topic...
>>
>> All that does is point me at your forum.  It doesn't prevent me
>> from having to click through it or deal with its awkward interface.
>> And if I wanted a local copy of the information, I either need to  
>> cut &
>> paste to an editor or I need to mirror your website (which also could
>> change on a whim).
>>
>> For comparison:
>>
>>        http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2009-April/thread.html
>>
>> Of course, that still completely misses the point.  I don't want to
>> have to use a web interface _at_all_.  The email comes to me, and if
>> I think it will be interesting in the future then I don't delete it.
>> When I want to search for something, it is probably in my mail
>> folder already.  And if not, Dennis/Mailman has it waiting for me.
>>
>> John
>>
>> P.S.  Couldn't leave "specific topic" alone...
>>
>>        http://www.google.com/search?q=color+computer+superboard
>>
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>> and you
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>> ready.
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