On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 06:37, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > On Sun, 19 May 2019 13:44:21 -0700, Mark F wrote: > >I like it. I just replied to someone (I top posted too! Maybe that > >will get Liam to join. wink). > > IIRC as one drawback of forums Liam mentioned markup language. If you > want to post code, one forum requires > > ~~~ > some code > ~~~ > > and another > > [code] > some code > [/code]
This is one of the many things I hate about them. There are standards for this stuff, dammit -- the minimal safe subset of HTML used by Livejournal etc., or Markdown, or AsciiDoc/RST, or OrgMode or whatever. Far too many standards, but every horrid broken web forum re-invents its own, and its own login criteria, and its own editor, and its own stupid sig/ID line system (coffee beans or whatever inane nonsense), and its own broken notifications system. Email has been a working viable comms medium for 40+ years. It has rules, rich clients for every platform going, and works superbly. And there was Usenet, which for 30y has provided a worldwide federated discussion system, similarly totally multiplatform and with rich clients. Then clueless newbies who can't even learn to bottom post came along and ruined both, and now there are a thousand replacements which are all junk. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
