Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Searching osg-users: I would say that the size of osg-users and difficulty in searching it is my biggest problem as well.
Google groups: I didn't know there was a google groups mirror; I'll have to try that next time. Concerning the wiki: Mostly, it seems to cover just newbie type questions. And, if there is an interface to edit or to add to it, I don't see it. I can understand wanting control over content; but it would be nice to see a more open option available. Besides the obvious wikipedia, the only wikis that spring in my mind are for things like games or entertainment. And, all the decent ones seem to use MediaWiki. But, that is not to say that's because of MediaWiki. It is more about the number of and level of commitment from their contributors. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Not that using MediaWiki requires anonymous usage, see Citizendum for instance. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page Again, I am not saying I believe that MediaWiki to be the best software out there; it is just the most prolific. Obviously there is a lot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software Mike Dorsett - Software Engineer - SAIC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kuehne Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:47 PM To: OpenSceneGraph Users Subject: Re: [osg-users] Too much support!!!!! one reason i think people fire at the list first, perhaps, is that mailman is a bit difficult to use for finding data. i find the mailing list as-is difficult to search, esp for noobs, and sometimes even for oldies like me. hence, that's why i mirror the osg list (as of a year or so ago) on a google group. i think it makes things a lot more accessible, and easy to search and find answers: http://groups.google.com/group/osg-users other things, aside from asking people to rtfm, are to point people to the excellent quickstart guide, or the reference manual, or (shameless plug) get support, books, or a training (shameless plug number two: denver! june 11-13) from paul and me: http://osgbooks.com if all that fails, robert, and nobody on the list answers, then i think you can feel some obligation to answer. but you should lie back and wait for the built-in safeties to fail first. :) have a nice long weekend, peeps in the usa, bob On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Paul Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have many good points. > > I've seen this topic come up many times in my nearly three decades of > using countless online discussion forums. One thing I've learned: no > matter how many resources and FAQs you make available, people, by > their very nature, are social, and therefore value the interaction and > networking more than quickly finding an answer to an issue. > -Paul > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph. > org > -- bob kuehne founder and ceo - blue newt software www.blue-newt.com 734/834-2696 _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.or g Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
