I'll be the first to admit that I haven't done enough to keep up with the forums. However, it bothers me quite a bit that "good enough" is considered acceptable in this (and seemingly only this) aspect of this project. Additionally, one of the reasons that was brought in favor of self-hosting as opposed to keeping the project in Google Code was that there are people who are wary of Google and would rather not have accounts with them. But most of all I, like Andy C, find it disingenuous for people who are writing a web publishing engine and, in all likelihood visit dozens of websites every day and subscribe to RSS feeds for more, to use the argument "I won't remember to check the forums." It also bothers me that the response to the problems with the forum is to shut them down rather than actually discuss how to solve the problems with them. I think, for people seeking a forum, a direction to go to a mailing list is nearly as offputting as a forum with a poor response rate.
As to how GG is different than a forum, it's quite simple. Load them side by side and put yourself into the perspective of a new user. Particularly one who isn't just a new Habari user, but a new bog user. One says "9 of 3916 messages". Holy crap, where do you start? It's intimidating. Yes it's a familiar interface (sort of) if you're a user of Gmail or Reader, but what if you're not? Yes, a neglected forum is probably as bad or worse than none at all, but that's a false dichotomy. We have another option. We can _fix_ the forum. -1 on closing the forum. On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Andy C <[email protected]> wrote: > Not on the server. On an individual basis. > > On Nov 11, 4:25 pm, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Nov 11, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Andy C wrote: >> >> > You're seriously not telling me there isn't software out there to >> > generate forums -> RSS feed -> email. >> >> It's all very well to say that SoftwareX exists, but until someone >> installs and configures it, it doesn't exist in any meaningful sense. >> >> -- >> Rich Bowen >> [email protected] > > -- > 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 -- 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
