From: Henry van Eyken <vaneyken@sympatico.ca>
There are plenty of people who keep on disagreeing with me, but I think the
following link gives you a superb BBS format - reverse threaded and with
multiple topi areas. And excellent for those with slow connections: fast -
fast - fast:
http://kappa.pair.com/~fatal2/desktop/
One there, click in "View" in te menu bar, then on Fuji BBS.
I think it is a beaut! Wonder what other people on this list think.
Henry
Eric Armstrong wrote:
> From: Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com>
>
> > Bernie DeKoven wrote:
> >
> > I thoroughly agree. Also, I think there is a huge disparity between
> > levels of expertise and interest. We need to take advantage of some
> > other existing infrastructure that will allow us to identify these
> > groups, give them each the opportunity for dialog, and establish
> > dialog between them.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gil Regev [mailto:gil.regev@epfl.ch]
> >
> > Threaded discussions with their hierarchical representation
> > are not easy to follow either and require a lot of
> > memorization on the part of the reader to be able to
> > integrate the pieces. We are not using a true knowledge
> > repository, hence the problems we're having.
> >
> Netscape messenger's thread-view is the only one I know of that
> really "gets it right" in the threading department. The ability
> to flag a message for follow up with a single key-click is another
> part of what makes the interface great.
>
> I only use it at work, with a full-time connection though, because
> I never found a way to make it stop dialing my ISP automatically
> whenever I sent a message. (What I want to do is queue them and
> then send them all at once when I'm ready.) There must be a way
> to do that, but I never found it, so I don't use it at home.
> Otherwise, I'd use it for everything.
>
> Even so, it would be wonderful to have different sublists for
> energy discussions, community-building discussions, etc., so
> the "futurist" discussions can go on unimpeded by technalia.
>
> In general, I tend not to be a big fan of forums. But in this
> case I would make an exception. (The other major advantage is
> that I would be able to control my access times. When these
> messages show up in my inbox, the thoughts arrive in a rush,
> and I have to send a response just to get them out of my head
> so I can get back to work...
> :_)
>
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