* Barry McKenna <bmcken at pobox.com> [2011-02-24 12:40:44 -0800]: > 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.
Barry, Thank you for constructive comments. The theme has been adjusted. Hopefully, the new quoted text colors are more agreeable. A link to the forums has been added to the standard list footer as well. Cheers, Alex > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
