Time for a new default web interface please

Brad Roberts braddr at puremagic.com
Thu Jan 11 12:31:58 PST 2007


Michael Snoyman wrote:
> == Quote from Lutger (lutger.blijdestijn at gmail.com)'s article
>> This newsgroup is just fine, it's the default web interface that sucks.
>> It is not 'really' a problem, since failing to use a good reader there
>> are web interfaces available now that do not suck, one has been mentioned.
>> But it IS a problem. I suspect there are a lot of people who (try) to
>> use the web interface. That a good reader is much better is not changing
>> that fact. The current one puts people off too much. 'PR-wise' I think
>> it makes quite a difference, and what is the effort of changing the
>> default web interface?
> 
> Some of us want to read these forums from work where we can't install our own
> reader and/or have a firewall blocking it from working. For us , a better web
> interface would be a huge enhancement and would allow us to join the community more.
> 
> Michael

Not to distract from the 'improve the web interface' discussion, but 
there's another non-web based alternative.  Assuming inbound email isn't 
blocked.. you could switch to the gatewayed mailing lists:

     http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo

Later,
Brad



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