On 2/24/2011 10:44 AM, John Culleton wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2011 13:00:38 Barry McKenna wrote: >> Perhaps it would help generate awareness - and then content >> - if those frequent contributors and responders who list >> scribus urls under their signature would consider adding a >> link for the forum? >> >> Barry McKenna >> >> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > I linked to the forum. First it was subdivided into too many subfora. > Second some of the instructions were in small black text on a dark > blue background---a clear case of form disrupting function. > > Possibly the concept is good but the execution was very unfriendly. I > won't bother again.
I agree that the black or dark blue boxes with smaller type for quoting what is being replied to is disturbing to the eye, which is a bit ironic given that this group's focus is on the production of quality text and images. Other than that, I think the forum looks and functions well. The software appears to be a good choice - except for the black reversed text, which can probably be changed. I guess it's a bit ironic that I'm posting this here, but it seems relevant to what is being discussed here, as well. I don't agree that there are too many sub-forums: the whole point of this type of forum IMHO - i.e., why it can be more functional than a mailing list - is so that categories of issues are kept together so that people can quickly find what they are interested in and need help with. This could save many people a lot of time, especially those who graciously answer the same questions over and over again as new people land here. I use Mozilla's Thunderbird which in many ways is good software, but their search functions are not user friendly, which means that when I search our mailing list, it is not easy to find the subjects I'm in need of help with. I switched my subscription from digest to individual hoping that it would be of some additional help, and it is because I have the subject headers I can sort on, but other than that, Thunderbird is poorly designed for finding the exact content in a specific message. I used to use Eudora 3.05 which was excellent for searching, but it just became too old to use anymore So, in theory, if the forums acquire content, the sub-forums could be very helpful. Barry McKenna
