> All technical discussion took place on mailing lists those days, and archiving those were, at best, spotty and with horrible web interfaces.
Not to take away from the contribution Gmane has made to many of my searches over the years, its web interface was one I always held as the epitome of awful design.
Considering its awesome usability, the design can't be that bad. Sure, it might look dated by today's taste but its users don't care when they want to read a specific archived list thread with minimal friction.
I feel the same way. I don't want to diminish the work put into Gmane, but every time I hit a link to Gmane I jump to marc.info and see if I can read the content there.
Still, I continue to be impressed by the amount of work people put into something they care about, while the rest of us just expects it to be there. As some one else pointed out, it really makes you wonder what other kind of one person projects we all use all the time.
Not to take away from the contribution Gmane has made to many of my searches over the years, its web interface was one I always held as the epitome of awful design.