I personally have to agree with steven, the list works well. So well in fact that I do not see a need to change to any other type of forum/list.
If you are having issues with finding posts, searching, getting an answer. Then to be frank, you are doing it wrong. As many have posted before, use outlook, thunderbird, exchange, or you could use gmail. The search functionally that google has developed for gmail is astounding. Every single post that goes through flexcoders is sent to my list gmail account and auto tagged and sorted for me. If I need something a few days later, or even weeks later. I open up my list account, search for what I need and bam it is right there. The obvious reasons for no moving the list off yahoo groups would be. Money, who is going to pay for the domain name, the hosting, the forum software, the up keep. Secondly I forsee the forum/list turning into the same debacle that was known as flashcoders. Thier forums/list was a great assest for new flash/as developers. Now it is nothing but a flame fest where new people can't get a lick of help. Me for one, I appreciate every ounce of help I have gotten from flexcoders. I have learned alot in a very short time, mainly because I know if I have an issue that I can't figure out. There is a great community willing to help me. I thank steven for all his hardwork he does with this group, and I say leave the topic alone and let it die and lets move on to some good questions and even better answers. Elguapo-- --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys, > > Post will be much easier to find, and the list much easier to read, if > there aren't 30+ posts a day with various opinions on how the list could > be different or better ! We've had a successful community running here > on yahoogroups since day zero of Flex's launch ... we'll keep a very > close eye on whether there's a compelling need to make changes to the > way the list operates, but for the time being, it's satisfying the aims > of the silent majority. For many of us, yahoogroups *is* the flex > coding community - if you've joined recently, I'd urge you to get to > know the community here, rather than call for it's fragmentation. > > There's a depth of resource on this list like few others - newcomers > arrive in waves, and with each wave, those who have come before them are > doing a tremendous job of answering the questions that they themselves > were asking only a few months ago. With the depth of experience on the > list going all the way back to the community who were using Flex during > it's advisory board/alpha/beta before the Flex 1.0 release, the Adobe > Consultants who are helping customers and partners in their success with > Flex, and a great number of the Adobe Engineers who unofficially hang > out here to make sure that the fruits of their labor become the enabling > technology for the fruits of yours, you're not going to struggle to have > your questions answered here. > > There's an archive search of the list here - > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> - if anyone > requires it, and as so many of you have pointed out, there are a number > of strategies of using your various and favourite mail clients to find a > way of using and contributing to the list in a manner that suits your > needs. > > Can I ask that we move the conversation on from the technical > infrastrcture behind the list - as with a community of ~4000 people, > there are always going to be opinions on how things could be done > differently, that will match some needs but not others. Instead, can I > ask that we return our focus back to ensuring that flexcoders continue > to be the high-value resource and focalpoint of the Flex development > community that it has successfully been for almost two and half years. > > Let's hear about the web-changing experiences you're delivering with > Flex, the challenges you faced building them, and the solutions you > innovated to address them. > > Best wishes, > > Steven > ( List administrator ) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
