From: "Simon Horwith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: Macromedia Support Forums
> I don't think they suck any more than any other forums...in fact I think
> they're very nice. The problem is that there's no e-mail interface to
> them... as email is much more convenient than a web-based forum. You can
> point a newsgroup reader at them... it's a bit easier than the web
> interface, but not as feature rich. We at Team Macromedia are currently
> expressing similar feelings about the forums and are discussing possible
> options to remedy the "clunkiness" with Macromedia. In the meantime, I do
> recommend trying a newsgroup reader to see if that's better for you.
I was more than happy to use the newsgroup reader, as I don't necessarily
need 'feature rich'...but I was disappointed to find that I don't get
'credit' for postings...and that apparently there's a delay between what's
posted to the NG and what makes it to the web. The credit thing was no big
deal. I've been posting via the NG for a few days now knowing that. But
it's pointless for me to spend my time answering questions are answered by
others by the time they show up (if they show up at all...i'm not even sure
they're on the Web version yet).
I also have to respectfully disagree with you regarding MM's forums sucking
any more than others. I post regularly at easycfm, and have 0 problems.
Contrasting the two...at easycfm I feel the forums respond more quickly, I
can copy and paste (which I can't seem to do at MM)...it just feels less...
'clunky'. I wish I could be more descriptive...but it really is the
clunkiness. I grab the scrollbar to scroll down the page, but it doesn't
move (altho the page has apparently finished loading)...
I'll echo Erika's sentiments that I love MM and I'm not trying to bash them
for the sake of bashing (or for any sake)...I'd love to be more active on
their forums and help out more...but it's really just too hard. I work a
full time job, and any time spent on the boards has to be kept to a relative
minimum. If a majority of the time is spent waiting for pages to load,
grabbing unresponsive scrollbars, logging in, getting 'section unavailable
pages', etc...it's just not worth the limited time.
I know this isn't the place to vent it all, and I certainly will forward my
concerns on to MM...but I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me before I did
so (sometimes, y'know, it *is* just me) : )
Charlie
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