> > 1. 101 Is creating a new group for this necessary or is flexcoders already handling this?
> > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML) The name seems too abstract, what area are we targeting? Is is to "show off" new ideas or syntax questions. > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin) Love it! Can we replace UI with UX : ) > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks Does this include WebOrb/Blaze/LCDS ? > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks Apollocoders exists. not sure what the traffic is like. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole. > > It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?) meta-list that > shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could read the > "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a pretty good > common ground I think. I'm no mailing-list-guy though, so no idea if that's > feasible. > > -Josh > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matt, > > > > Splitting the last 500 topics in groups it would be: > > 1. 101 > > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML) > > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin) > > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks > > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks there > > > > Thank you > > Anatole Tartakovsky > > Farata Systems > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:t > > Practices/Frameworks > > > > I do think 12 is way too high a number BTW. Would recommend capping at > >> 5 absolute max. > >> > >> > >> On 6/16/08 8:28 PM, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mchotin%40adobe.com>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> If you think that splitting the lists is the right thing to do for the > >> larger community then I'm not going to stop you. I think we were right in > >> the past to recommend against the split, but I can see Anatole's point that > >> traffic has stagnated and we'd certainly like the community to thrive. We'll > >> certainly try to pay attention to as much as possible (not like it's me > >> doing much but you know some Adobe folks are quite active), but no > >> guarantees on how it will go. The Adobe forums themselves are definitely > >> lacking, primarily because we can't access them via email. There is a > >> project going on within Adobe to improve the experience drastically, and we > >> definitely intend to split forums there (and hopefully convince everyone to > >> come back over and move away from Yahoo Groups); but it's still a number of > >> months away at the earliest. I would hope that folks will continue to help > >> users of all levels, and we'll need moderators to handle whatever new lists > >> are created. > >> > >> Matt > >> > >> On 6/16/08 8:17 PM, "Bjorn Schultheiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<bjorn.mailinglists%40gmail.com>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> I like the idea of splitting topics into different lists. > >> I also like Anatole's suggestions for list types. > >> > >> Flexcoders has become to "over-bloated".. > >> > >> I would be in favour for looking at topics that I'm interested in. > >> > >> Perhaps this will get more of the experienced contributors back on the > >> list. > >> > >> Imagine if OSFlash had only one mailing list. > >> > >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>><mailto: > >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>> , "Anatole > >> Tartakovsky" > >> <anatole.tartakovsky@> wrote: > >> > > >> > Dear All, > >> > Flexcoders has huge problem. In the last 15 month it is very much > >> > stagnant in terms of message count and participation. It is not > >> growing and > >> > dropping members as fast as it gets them. > >> > > >> > I believe this group has overgrown the optimal size about a year > >> ago and > >> > needs to be divided in more focused smaller groups. My mail box get 100+ > >> > messages a day on all kinds of topic - unless I can spend 30+ > >> minutes that > >> > day to sort them out it goes directly into garbage can. Most people > >> in the > >> > company unsubscribed from it 18 month ago. Most of veteran > >> developers I know > >> > either unsubscribed or stopped looking in this mess greatly > >> diminishing the > >> > quality of the responses. As a result group mostly host new > >> developers and > >> > looses most of experienced ones after very short period of time. > >> > > >> > Further delay of breaking this group hinders usefulness of the group > >> for all > >> > of us as now we have significant amount of users that are being > >> forced out. > >> > I believe it is time to archive flexcoders and branch (12?) targeted new > >> > user groups > >> > > >> > I would like to see people suggesting user subgroups and WiKi topics for > >> > Flex community site to go with each group - providing best posts in more > >> > systematic way. > >> > > >> > I suggest the following Yahoo groups ( created couple for your > >> > convenience). > >> > > >> > Flex101: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flex101/ > >> > > >> > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <flex101%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> flex101%40yahoogroups.com <flex101%2540yahoogroups.com>><mailto: > >> flex101%40yahoogroups.com <flex101%2540yahoogroups.com>> > >> > > >> > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com <flex101-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > EnterpriseFlex: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/enterpriseflex/ > >> > > >> > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com <enterpriseflex%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > >> enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > FlexUI > >> > FlexDesign > >> > > >> > FlexSDK > >> > FlexDeployment > >> > > >> > FlexFlash > >> > > >> > FlexFrameworks > >> > > >> > FlexBestPractices > >> > > >> > EnterpriseFlex: > >> > > >> > FlexBlazeDS: > >> > > >> > weborb: > >> > > >> > Sincerely, > >> > Anatole Tartakovsky > >> > Farata Systems > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >