Op Thursday 19 June 2008 08:40:58 schreef Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > Am 18.06.2008 um 21:08 schrieb Stroller: > > On 18 Jun 2008, at 12:45, Ewan Marshall wrote: > >> ... > >> Also how do you get unread message notification on forums? > >> ... forums only do whole threads, not individual post in thread. > > > > I've started using a new forum recently, there being no mailing-lists > > I can find for this particular subject, and am reminded how damned > > irritating this is. > > Which forum software is there in use? There are differnt ones. > > > The forum software shows which threads have new messages, but when I > > click on them I'm shown the whole page of upto 40 messages. I scroll > > through them and find something interesting, only to realise that I > > already read that message yesterday. I then have to scroll all the > > way to the bottom of the page to work out which messages within the > > thread are new. If the thread is a long one I have to then go to the > > next page & do the same thing again. > > > > This is the fundamental failing of forums, IMO, but the lack of > > Is the generalization to all fora software systems valid?
I know in phpBB there's a link to the messages from the specified thread you haven't read yet. > > > automatic quoting is also a considerable hindrance. As the thread > > I know many fora which have automatic quoting. > > > drifts away from the original topic you can't tell who is replying to > > whom. It is impossible to know what someone is referring to when they > > make a short post such as "I have that one too, and it's great" - is > > it the original device described in the message topic, or the > > alternative suggested by Dave a few posts in? > > That is the same with mails (IMHO even worse). > > My conclusion of all those discussions is: > > We need both in parallel. > Each system has its benefits and let's decide > users themselves. > > So please let this mailing list exist! > > And if (and only if) you are interested in a forum or someone asks you > why not to use a forum, > please refer to existing fora as e.g.: > http://forums.makeopensource.com > > http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=161 > > http://www.neo1973-germany.de (German) > > Please also note that fora become more valuable by heavy useage. > > Nikolaus
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