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EditPlus forum instead of here?

Hi, I don't understand why everyone doesn't migrate over to the EditPlus forum here: http://www.machak.com/editplus/ Yahoo groups functionality is poor at best, and as a result, I really can't stand visiting yahoo groups. As I see it, here are the advantages to the forum I linked(which I have no personal interest in): 1)It's easier to read the posts, and the active messages automatically move to the top. 2)It's easier to post messages--I always have trouble finding the post message button here. Usually, it's because I'm in yahoo using a different id, and then I come to the group, and yahoo fails to tell me I'm not logged in to the group, and I spend a long time hunting around for the post message button to no avail. That is so aggravating! 3)There is no annoying advertising that you have to click through to get to the posts. 4)You can very easily search old posts. 5)There are multiple forum categories, so you can post .stx files or .acp files that someone else might find useful in a separate forum category. 6)Members can PM(private message) other members. 7)Someone is kind enough to host it for us, so it's free. What are the advantages of having everyone at yahoo groups? http://www.editplus.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/editplus

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Sorry to reply to myself, I just thought I would add my EditPlus rule from Gmail: Matches: editplus-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "EditPlus" --John On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:55:22 +1300, John Röthlisberger <rothlis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree with all your points. However, there is one very critical > thing against the forum: because this list is not very busy, it > follows that the forum won't be very busy either. If the forum isn't > busy, then I won't visit it every day, until eventually I will stop > visiting it altogether. The success of the list depends on people > being here to respond to others' questions. The forum would die off > pretty quickly I suspect. > > Here is my suggestion for getting around Yahoo Groups: get a gmail > account (I have invites if you don't already have one) and subscribe > to the list. Gmail's threading is excellent, and I have a rule that > assigns a Label to all the EditPlus mail and archives it so it doesn't > clutter up my Inbox. Works very well. > > Ideally, I would love to see the list move off Yahoo Groups (they are > horrible). I would suggest Google Groups > (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/EditPlus) which has a pretty good > interface, excellent track-record, and you get the best search engine > built-in. > > Just my $0.02. > > > --John http://www.editplus.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/editplus

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EditPlus forum instead of here?

Hi, I don't understand why everyone doesn't migrate over to the EditPlus forum here: http://www.machak.com/editplus/ Yahoo groups functionality is poor at best, and as a result, I really can't stand visiting yahoo groups. As I see it, here are the advantages to the forum I linked(which I have no personal interest in): 1)It's easier to read the posts, and the active messages automatically move to the top. 2)It's easier to post messages--I always have trouble finding the post message button here. Usually, it's because I'm in yahoo using a different id, and then I come to the group, and yahoo fails to tell me I'm not logged in to the group, and I spend a long time hunting around for the post message button to no avail. That is so aggravating! 3)There is no annoying advertising that you have to click through to get to the posts. 4)You can very easily search old posts. 5)There are multiple forum categories, so you can post .stx files or .acp files that someone else might find useful in a separate forum category. 6)Members can PM(private message) other members. 7)Someone is kind enough to host it for us, so it's free. What are the advantages of having everyone at yahoo groups? http://www.editplus.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/editplus

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Re: EditPlus forum instead of here?

Sorry to reply to myself, I just thought I would add my EditPlus rule from Gmail: Matches: editplus-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "EditPlus" --John On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:55:22 +1300, John Röthlisberger <rothlis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree with all your points. However, there is one very critical > thing against the forum: because this list is not very busy, it > follows that the forum won't be very busy either. If the forum isn't > busy, then I won't visit it every day, until eventually I will stop > visiting it altogether. The success of the list depends on people > being here to respond to others' questions. The forum would die off > pretty quickly I suspect. > > Here is my suggestion for getting around Yahoo Groups: get a gmail > account (I have invites if you don't already have one) and subscribe > to the list. Gmail's threading is excellent, and I have a rule that > assigns a Label to all the EditPlus mail and archives it so it doesn't > clutter up my Inbox. Works very well. > > Ideally, I would love to see the list move off Yahoo Groups (they are > horrible). I would suggest Google Groups > (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/EditPlus) which has a pretty good > interface, excellent track-record, and you get the best search engine > built-in. > > Just my $0.02. > > > --John http://www.editplus.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/editplus