I just thought of something and would be grateful for any
perspectives.
There can be more structure in reading and composing messages on a
Web
based mailing list than with email.
A Web page can almost provide as much structure and functionality as
a
free standing application can, whereas email is just dumd text which
can be parsed/interpreted by a server to a severely limited degree
and
can by definition not supply and diynamic or live functionality such
as
scrolling a thread.
Problem with the Web based interface is that people forget to go to
the
Web site to constantly check what's been posted.
Considering that most InBoxes today are capable of understanding
HTML,
maybe it's time to combine the two.
Users who want a message or a digest subscription only get a Subject
and link to the actual message in their email. They click to get
access
to the discussion which actually takes them to the Web page, for
dynamic, controlled, mailing list optimized interface with the
mailing
list.Live dynamic threading, proper quoting etc.
This way we could reap the benefits of both worlds. What do you
think?
Personally I think an OHS quality mailing list system could go a long
way towards strengthening the community and starting coding and
community bootstrapping. I am talking about concurrently with the
Hyperscope, right before/after, not as a substitute for the
Hyperscope.
What do you guys think?
best,
Frode
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