Re: [orca-list] Announcement: this mailing list will be retired by the end of Oct 2022

[Jace Kattalakkis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

I've given Discourse a fair shot.


I'm unable to reply via email to a topic, I'm unsure if that's a Gmail 
specific thing or how it was set up. I've not been able to reply on 
several Discourse forums however which at least or me, invalidates the 
whole oh it's like a mailing list idea however.


On 10/20/22 13:18, Colomban Wendling via orca-list wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got the feeling this got a tiny bit too heated too quickly. 
> Admittedly I have little experience with creating *new* topics by 
> email on Discourse, but at the very least interacting with existing 
> ones is quite easy -- at least once the account is set up.  It really 
> could be a mailing list that it wouldn't be too different (threads 
> works, I get individual replies as soon as they are posted, etc.).
>
> I think that before getting angry and setting up something new, maybe 
> giving it a fair shot would be good.  And I'm hopeful that if there 
> are any accessibility issue preventing setting up an account or 
> subscribing to the Orca messages, people at GNOME infrastructure will 
> try and find a solution -- call me crazy, but I trust they care.
>
> If all else fails, sure, an alternative viable solution should be 
> found, but I have the feeling it hasn't been given a fair chance. Yes, 
> changing habits is hard and annoying.  But often it's not worse once 
> those habits are changed, sometimes it's even better. Hopefully 
> Discourse doesn't fall in the third category.
>
> Cheers,
> Colomban
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