Re: [xwt-users] Now c 239923

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
> Sorry, Eww.
> 
> Forums suck ass on so many levels.  If they want fast XWT help, there's 
> #xwt.  Subscribing to the list is a matter of a half dozen clicks and an 
> email reply.

Well, unfortunately your personal taste - which on this matter is 
similar to many other members of the XWT project - does not necessarily 
reflect the 'not overly technical' world opinion, which will make up a 
large portion of future XWT users.  They tend to prefer forums; the 
Gentoo forums again being a case in point where most people subscribe 
the fora but only a minority to the mailing list or #gentoo.

Also, assuming large XWT popularity at point X in the future, fora are 
again a better communication mechanism with the mass public.  Not many 
people will want to sift through more then double figures of mail from 
the mailing list in a day.  Really, how useful is a mailing list when it 
gets so busy that you just don't have time to read it?  You get to 
discriminate at a glance in fora by disregarding entire threads, 
something much harder to do with mail.

I'm not saying 'must' nor 'now', but just don't discount something 
because you don't like it. ;)

- Charlie