text_combined: felix miata htlheijijnet 20080218 1941 gmt0100 per jessen apparently typed heres list objections article wrote jan2006 web forums also absolutely loathe webforums talk enhancing point failure reinventing wheel ever wrong newsgroups mailinglists 5 top reasons hate webforums 1 essentially inferior utterly superfluous reinvention existing internet communication means newsgroups aka usenet 2 theyre webbased interface changes every time change forum add entirely superfluous graphics icons become slow unwieldy 3 following multiple separate forums cant done one screen 4 proper threading forums selective quoting best cumbersome 5 usually require login downright silly doubt one gripes almost without exception theyre styled css nearsighted people using giant screens like reading foot wide line lengths rewrite css forums im forced use able read anything without magnifying glass andor giant wall projection display god loved world gave one son whoever believes shall perish eternal life john 316 niv team os2 reg linux user 211409 felix miata httpmrmazdanoipcom wed 06 aug 2008 191213 0500 opensuse true news group