[kictanet] Mailing Lists Usability

[Mark Kipyegon]

Have you tried using digest mode? It makes life easier when email traffic is heavy.

IMO mailing lists work because of their simplicity. Though if a modern alternative were to be considered then Slack is the best combination of 'shiny' UI with the rich set of existing features.

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On 1 Mar 2016, at 20:43, kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote:

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> I thought I was the only one but today I met someone who also suffers from the User Interface of mailing lists.
> The content on KICTANet is rich and it helps build ICT perspectives on a day to day basis. However, the readability of messages is usually a pain especially when the thread gets busy. This is not limited to KICTANet though. Most mailing lists lack intuitive usability.
> 
> Seeing there are a good number of us here in design, web development and usability, it would be interesting to know if there are better options out there that this community can benefit from. If not, what about organizing (not necessarily through KICTANet) of a design hackathon to improve this.