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Russell Duffy wrote:

> The last thing I want to do is cause trouble, get excommunicated for 
> heresy, or split up this wonderful group, but I just can't see a valid 
> reason to keep struggling with old technology.
>
> John, these are EXACTLY my sentiments. I'm sincerely grateful 
> to Marvin for hosting this list for as long as he has.  Never once has 
> he requested anything for his trouble, nor do I believe he would 
> accept any compensation if you offered it.  I really feel like I've 
> grown to know many of the people on this list, and regard them as 
> friends.   
>
> Unfortunately, I just can't overlook the advantages of using a web 
> forum, and I believe it's time to move on to a new format.  I just 
> can't see any disadvantage to doing that, though I expect that some 
> folks will resist change.  I for one am ready to make a change, and 
> have made the official first post in the new forum.  I even found "my" 
> icon there :-)  
>
> Thanks for making this an option John.    
>
> Rusty (change can be good, unless I only have John to talk to)   
>
Uh.... there are some downsides, like 5-10 times the trouble for the 70% 
of the world that are stuck with dialup (including me). I've tried 
several forums like that & I find them so slow & frustrating to view 
that I never go back. I can see about 30 headers at a time with regular 
email & email list delivery. It's really frustrating to me if I have to 
go through multiple clicks each time I want to see another block of 
maybe 5 headers, wait for the page to load, then more clicks to see 
messages, wait for the page to load, then the screen shows 60-80% 
framing detail instead of 70-80% info with regular email.

Am I the only one with these problems?

With regular email & list servers, I only need to get online & click 
'get messages' to get all the info I'm interested in, instead of having 
to navigate to 8 or 10 different web sites every day just to check on 
whether there has been a new post.

If everyone wants to move to the new format I'll follow, but it won't be 
fun...

Charlie
bottom feeding traditionalist