On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Niclas Fredriksson <niclas at acc.umu.se> wrote: > > By "efficient" in this context we're talking about the (1) speed of which > the information is sent and (2) received and (3) the quality of > information (signal:noise ratio). I'm not going to argue this with you endlessly Niclas. The time you spend reading is time you are not looking at the tactical or the galactic. Voice uses _another sense_, one that doesn't compete with your eyes. If you are listening you are able to process more information than someone only using his or her eyes. This is obvious. Regardless, let me make something very clear to you. Something that you seem to be missing. No one here is saying that text communication should be removed. No one here is saying that voice communication will replace text communication entirely. What everyone here is saying is that voice communication can add to the experience - that it might reduce the steep learning curve and maybe add a new social dimension. You seem to be thinking that we're advocating something else. Jeffrey. -- "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine