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[AmpsterMan]

I like to have at least one of these for exports in my forts. Whicj do you guys like and / or prefer?

[AutomataKittay]

I prefer glass, smoother feels and shinier. In DF? Glassmaking allows more variety in what you can put out, even glass gems, though clay carbodharr (gah, how's that word spelt for what the stone's been cut in jewelry shop? ) works too.

Glass also need more infrastructure, with bags

[katana]

Glass gives you magma-safe mechanical parts.

[Kilroy the Grand]

If you have fireclay, it's the way to go.

[iampaul]

Never used clay myself, but glass is a great way to get infinite trap components and trade goods.

[Urist McKoga]

I like both, but in a place with low wood, go for clay (wood for pearlash and clear glass, not for charcoal). I never start with one of my 7 with this skills, so i wait for a good potter or glassmaker (or a novice one get a mod) imigrant to start one of this industries.

[AmpsterMan]

Yeah, I have thought about glass because it is very fuel intensive and wood intensive. However it is worth write a but more than regular clay. If I have kaolinite in the map (or from my civ) I really like porcelain

[Xob Ludosmbax]

Given the choice, I go for glass, because you can make green glass magma safe pumps pretty easily.  I also like glass windows.  I put my front-most sentry animals behind glass windows with fortifications in front of the windows. 

OTOH, clay doesn't require bags, so it's a little easier and quicker.

[Nuoya]

Clay is better than glass because you don't need any bags

[katana]

Clay is better than glass because you don't need any bags

You can't work with  magma using purely clay. There are no pipe sections or corkscrews made out of clay.

[krenshala]

Not even stoneware?

[AutomataKittay]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Kiln

I don't think clay is even magma-safe, except for kaolinite. Green glass' magma-safe, and there're block, tube ( glass version of pipe ) and corkscrew, kiln can only make brick, so you need to make the pipe and corkscrew elsewhere. And you need to glaze the basic clay pots before it can be used to store booze, I think fireclay and kaolinite don't have that problem.

In term of industrial flexiblity, glass trumps clay, but both are pretty flexible for making living space stuffs, with clay having edge in value and ease of collection, 3 material value vs 2 for green glass, or 4 value if you manage to get fireclay for no extra effort.

It's pretty much matter of preference, pure simplicity would point to pottery industry, since you just need one firesafe brick and either magma source or plentiful fuel to run it, while industrial flexiblity would point to glassmaking, for ability to make menacing spikes and pipes, and needing a start-up industry for bag, or importing it.

[Wurgel]

Given the choice, I go for glass, because you can make green glass magma safe pumps pretty easily.  I also like glass windows.  I put my front-most sentry animals behind glass windows with fortifications in front of the windows. 

you can do that with clay too (unless it got changed in the newest version).

Cut clay counts as a cut gem. Therefore you can make a gem-window out of clay and they will be transparent. Dont ask how it works. Its secret dorfcraft!

[Lich180]

I've never managed to get a clay product industry up and running, but having to glaze pots before i'm able to use them bothers me.

I stick with glass, because I can make way more stuff with it, including magma safe products. I almost never make clear glass, so i'm not as worried about wood being rare.

[kingubu]

Fire clay or kaolinite are ok for pots.  But glass can make almost everything.  Furniture, doors, trap components.  Plus magma safe.  It's magic!