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> On 18/04/2012, at 10:09 PM, Lawrence Whitaker wrote:
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> > I also prefer forums to email lists. Like others, my inbox is stuffed-full
> > of unread World of Glorantha list posts and threads.
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> If I want to read all the messages on the list, I hit a single key to page down on my email client for each message. If I don't wait to read them, I just leave it there and read it at my leisure.
> If I want to read every message in a forum, I have to click through, read, then hit a next or back button, wait for load etc, for each message. It takes far longer.
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I'm confused as to how a forum full of unread messages is any better than an in-box full. You can delete unwanted messages from your mailbox , but they will always be in the forum, potentially forcing the unread, but interesting messages further away from the front page...