"Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On 11/27/2011 5:40 PM, Jude wrote: >> //quote cause I'm lazy >> Those are all desirable properties. But the forum software I've seen >> throws out what's good about NNTP news forums: >> >> 1. Threaded view >> 2. Being able to mark messages as "read" >> 3. Being able to quickly scan read vs unread >> //end quote >> >> 1. Forums can have threaded view too, > > Generally, they suck.
Just "generally"? You've actually experience one that hasn't? >They just don't get what a threaded view is. Newsreaders solved this >problem decades ago. A thread is not a topic. It's a view showing who >replied to which message. Perhaps the whole "web forum" thing is mired in the focus on "community" instead of SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT. In that regard, they remind me of In-Win trying to sell fancy painted with pink flowers computer cases a few years ago to appeal to femmes. OK, time to fess up guys: how many of you have plexi-glass sides on their water-cooled workstations so you can see and show off the light show going on with those lighted fans and such? (How many have the pink-flowered ones???). Well good news for you: D Web Forums are coming! > I've used many forum softwares. They all just DON'T GET IT. Meh. They got their "community" though, huh. Abe ;)
