I guess the lack of attention is something we ought to address differently. When on the IRC channel, I perform an SVN update whenever I see a JibbyBot notification. Perhaps a notification for a new forum thread would attract the same attention?
Just my 2 cents worth. Power to the community! On Nov 3, 6:18 am, Chris Meller <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried the Google Groups search function? It's a change in mindset, > but that's Google's strength. I think it more than makes up for the > categorization, which is confusing on the forums anyway. The distinction > between 'Troubleshooting' and 'Support' categories, for instance. Or is my > problem with some code a result of a bug ('Development') or just me doing > something wrong ('Troubleshooting')? > > And my main point is still the lack of attention. On the first page I see 7 > posts with no responses (out of 30). That's not the kind of support I think > any of us wants to provide. If someone can give me a meaningful way we can > address that, whether it meets the actual features desired for a forum or > not, I'll consider the matter settled. > > On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Randy Walker wrote: > > > I find that most mailing lists have web interfaces as an afterthought. > > Forums are usually have better features for categorizing/organizing new > > topics and for navigating existing topics. > > > On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > > >> Can you illustrate the reasons you find a separately-maintained forum in > >> any way superior to using the Google groups web interface? To me it is > >> identical: read previous messages in a given thread and post responses or > >> start a new thread. > > >> On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Randy Walker wrote: > > >>> I prefer forums to a mailing list, usually. The Habari Forums have had > >>> sort of a circular problem: > > >>> 1) People would use them more if they didn't have to set up a separate > >>> account from trac/wiki. > > >>> 2) Nobody uses the forums so why bother set up login integration? > > >>> Also, the software powering the forums itself was an issue. I don't > >>> recall any of the people who were initially for the forums being in favor > >>> of Vanilla--it just got thrown up (heh?) as a stop-gap measure. This is > >>> also partly the reason why there is no login integration. > > >>> I am +1 for migrating from the current forum solution but -1 for > >>> eliminating the forums altogether. > > >>> If we had integrated login, that'd be one hurdle leapt. > > >>> ~Randy > > >>> P.S. Also, Google Groups is doing away with Welcome Messages, Pages, and > >>> Files soon. > > >>> -- > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev > > > -- > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev > > > > smime.p7s > 5KViewDownload -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
