On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:40:55 -0400
Felix Miata
Larx composed on 2017-06-19 06:06 (UTC+0200):
That argument sounds really 90ies, sorry to say that. Any forum since dozens of years is customable, you subscribe only to the subjects you like, you can get tailor made email digests etc.. Email needs to be customized, if at all, once only.
Each forum has different interfaces for customizing to learn, and *must* be separately customized, without exception, as they're all designed for people who enjoy 85th percentile or better vision, using little browser windows that only fill 1/3 or less of a screen. The need often repeats as each's admin sees fit so replace its "worn" or "obsolete" styles with "new and improved" styles that reduce its site's usability, and obsolete existing ad blocker settings.
Further, state of the art archival and filtering techniques for e-mail allow you to locate the topics you are interested in after the fact. In every single forum I have tried to use the search function is almost useless, due to carelessnes or bad web interface people tend to post to different topics than intended, and without direct access to the database holding the forum posts you are left with big useless pile of text - which you cannot even see at once due to the web interface limiting you to 'pages' of posts. So in my opinion the forums are by far the least useful method of communication in use. People try to use them because they do not know anything better but that's completely backwards. Thanks Michal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org