This sounds so like a web 2.0 thing - both mailing lists and forums have their BIG ISSUES and detractors. The whole thing - like "web 2.0" is about user participation and user generated content.
Seems to me to be crying out for some new standards - naturally XML based - around which one could use a service based model when implementing for the browser - but - like RSS - would allow a "reader" - preferably in an email program - to view the same data in whatever fashion one chooses to "slice and dice" it. I am surprised that commercial BB software vendors don't do this already - maybe some do - it appears that at least ONE open source BB system has a "bolt on" to do this. A common standard would open up so many new possibilities. something like a "two way" RSS on steroids... On 6/2/07 00:10, "Bill Marcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fantastic idea, that will never get implemented. You hit the nail on > the head when you said the summarization was the crux of the matter, > who would do it? One of the REAL software engineers? They don't > have time now to eat decent meals, let alone summarizing thousands of > posts. Automate it? That would be the ideal solution, but again, > someone would have to vet the info. > > How about a front end to the forums (Yes, I know it already has a > front end <s>), one that would allow display of data in a format of > ones choosing? It would allow entering messages, responding to > messages, archiving posts of interest, follow posts of interest. But > most importantly, display info in a way that was less time > consuming. Heck, with your XML background I would think you could > knock that puppy out in a weekend of serious coding. Mix in a few of > the regulars and we might have something absolutely amazing Marc! I > would love to be in on it. > > Bill > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Marc Zeedar wrote: > >> >> * The Solution * >> What would be the ideal situation would be a combination of the two >> concepts: a Mailing List for the discussion, followed up a Forum where >> summaried answers from the Mailing List are posted. The Forum would be >> locked so only moderators could post these summaries. >> >> With this concept, you get the best of everything: the Forum acts as a >> visual archive of the Mailing List, ideal for beginners and those >> searching for an answer. The Forum is static, so once an entry is >> added >> it's there forever, making it a wonderful linkable resource. And the >> Mailing Lists still retain their immediate "push" nature and are >> excellent >> for debates, discussions, and group thinking. Once a topic is >> concluded, >> you summarize the conclusions and move the summary to an entry on the >> Forum. There's no longer a need to search through thousands of garbage >> emails trying to find an answer. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > REAL Software has decided to consolidate this mailing list with the online > Forums. On Monday, February 12, 2007, this mailing list will no longer be > active. We encourage you to continue your REALbasic and REAL SQL Server > discussions on the Forums. If you are not presently a member of the forum, > please sign up today at <http://forums.realsoftware.com>. > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> REAL Software has decided to consolidate this mailing list with the online Forums. On Monday, February 12, 2007, this mailing list will no longer be active. We encourage you to continue your REALbasic and REAL SQL Server discussions on the Forums. If you are not presently a member of the forum, please sign up today at <http://forums.realsoftware.com>.
