[Manifold-l] Technology preview release candidate - 7.1.5.589

[Simon Greener (SpatialDB Advisor)]

Francis,

>>> I personally really like the "push" of an email list
>
> Me too, is there anyway a similar service can be set up for the forum?
>
> I get an instant overview as to the issues and replies are so much easier
> than logging on which seems to throw a wobbly every now and then.
>
> Most posts seem to be there now anyway, so I am missing out on a lot of  
> the
> threads unless I really go out of my way to visit the site, and I am not
> sure how to get a good overview of all the posts.

I totally agree. I am not a forum person. Yes, I go there, and should go
their more often, but I am just shockingly busy with so many things that
I simply don't go as often as I should. This is also the case, for me,
with the Oracle Spatial Technology Network forum.

So, is there a way, like Yahoo Groups, to have our cake and eat it too?
That is, if you want email, digest or to read online then you get to  
choose!
Sure, a Yahoo Group is single-threaded, but so is the forum (effectively).

> I am prepared to change, but this has been a very useful tool over the
> years...I am not sure if the forum is progress over the subscription but  
> if that is the way everyone has gone then that's it I guess,

I don't think it is necessarily one of old dogs having to learn new tricks
but that a specific pattern of use suits particular people and not others.
I am all for both the forum AND an email list that is linked to it because
most of the activity is on the forum. It would be nice but it is in  
Manifold.Net's
hands and not mine.

regards
S
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