Re: Adding new lists

Emanuel Berg <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I haven't read how this thread originated.
>> For myself, hardly care about the website.
>> I suppose when searching through
>> archives useful.

> That's what everyone says and I suppose the
> reason is because it is true.

> I also see the usefulness in theory but never
> used it myself anyway.

> Maybe I did without knowing it sometimes when
> I Googled a problem and found a solution on
> some archive I didn't bother checking
> out further?

> […]

I had two use cases for the web interface:

a) Googling brought me there, either directly, or I found a
   link to another archive and then looked if that thread
   was also available on Gmane (because Gmane's UI was "bet-
   ter" IMHO).

b) Whenever I wanted to reference a mailing list post/thread
   in documentation, another mailing list, etc., I used the
   value of the "Archived-At" header.  While technically
   "nntp:" URLs (or even better "news:" URLs) are superior,
   "http:" URLs are far more widely supported and do not
   trigger endless questions on how to access a document.

Having said that: 99.9 % of my Gmane use is via nntp, and
I'm eternally grateful to those who keep that service up and
running :-).

Tim


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