Upgrading fsfe.org -- your feedback

Neal H. Walfield neal at walfield.org
Fri Oct 12 13:52:20 UTC 2007


> * mk00020 <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2007-10-10 23:43:52 +0100]:
> 
> > > Please send your suggestions to discussion at lists.fsfe.org and
> > > participate in the discussion.  
> > 
> > I find it very hard to participate in discussions on mailing lists - I
> > like a 'zoomed-out picture' which lists cannot give me.  
> 
> What do you mean with zoomed-out picture? I thought about something like
> the thread view in mail clients http://gushue.net/mutt/mutt02.png or
> http://home.arcor.de/david-peters/TB.png (random images from threaded
> views), but as you write mailinglists cannot give it to you this seems
> to be wrong.  Can you explain it to me, or explain it to the e-mail to
> the list?

How about something like Zest [1], which tries to capture the
discussion?  Such an interface is particularly useful when people fail
to change the subject line.

Neal

[1] http://zesty.ca/zest/




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