On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
My biggest problem with web forums is many are set up so you have to
go read them while connected to the site with little or no chance to
respond the the person making a initial post directly, just another
voice in the babble that follows.
I have the same issue with my email, I have to read it while connected so
to me it's no different.
That I understand and it is not an uncommon response, the difference really lays in the way you set up your Email client to portray threads. Which was a god send to those of us who remember mailinglist's as digest only creatures that got delivered once a day through things like FIDO net. Many web forums take me back to those days.
With forums you do have the option to quote the text you are replying to
as well.
That workflow is a major step back for me. That is the equivalent to going back to Digest mail dumps for me.
The single thread is identical to email for me. Every message in
chronological order.
That is your adaption of work process within the techno-bio interface, and if it works for you, cool, if not you will adapt your work style and your interface parameters until you something that feels right for you.