Re: White/Black List Interface Is *NOT* User Friendly

David Dean wrote:
>  "Mike Easter"
>> What should probably happen is a fair amount of 'artificial' cross
>> pollination;
>
>    Well, I have to say that I tried, but the way the forum works is so
> alien to nntp (IMHO) I don't see why anyone would ever want to go
> there from here.

I don't know what to say except that you see where I hang out.  I
confess that I haven't had any interest in webforum participation, so
I'm not a good/fair example or voice about it.  I considered saying 'at
least' you tried -- but I don't think anyone, you or I, has any
'necessity' or obligation to try to mess around in a forum when there's
a perfectly good newsgroup.  Or, the newsgroup /should/ be perfectly
good.

In my opinion, there should be a newsgroup and there should be a faq
which is as flexible as a wiki or something.  There's only *ONE* /real/
advantage to the forum;  that novices who can't nntp can interact there,
and the other 'half-*ssed' advantage is that it can also function as a
half-*ssed wiki for quick 'postings' or pinnings which are trying to
function as a wannabe more dynamic faq page.

There are better wiki/s than the forum for that.  'They' are trying to
use the forum as a 'fix' for the b0rken inflexibility of the faq, which
should've been fixed differently from that, and as a successful fix for
the problem of the non-nntp person who needs help.



-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin