Email notification used to work but got broken when we moved to HTTPS iirc. Not
sure what it takes to fix it.
> But, well, does anyone maintain the repo? Issues and PRs opened in 2015 are
> still there :/ I am afraid to just do the job which will never be merged.
Yes, we do maintain it. The
> Nope, doesn't apply.
For the record, I'm fine with people complaining about the forum software
(sorry, I really like it and will improve it rather than replace it) but please
don't redefine what "dogfood software" means just to have better arguments.
Araq's statement does apply. The fact that the software is written in Nim makes
it "dogfood software". That is true regardless of your opinion of the software
or the situation. Araq also said prs are welcome so you can help change the
liking part if you want to.
[https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/whether-you-like-it-or-not](https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/whether-you-like-it-or-not)
"used for saying that you cannot change a situation even if it is unpleasant"
Nope, doesn't apply.
Dogfood refers to developers using their own product being actively developed
so that they will be annoyed enough by its rough edges to fix them. There's no
active development of this forum software and people are bending over backwards
to rationalize its shortcomings. (Inspect Element to get a
@darek it should be trivial to add a share button that is simply an anchor to
the right URL to every post and it would be much better than having to open the
browser console
@miran - not one click but not that difficult either. Right-click on the
comment, Inspect Element and copy "div id" number as an anchor.
@miram -- the forum is (nearly) fully functional as long as the traffic is that
low as it is currently.
A better forum software can not improve these weak points:
1\. Post of new users may be invisible for some hours due to moderation. That
can be very frustrating for users.
2\. Some
> Hacker News is one of the most popular tech sites and it does not have any of
> these fancy "forum features".
Not true.
> 3\. How do I share a link to a specific comment in the thread?
On HN, this "fancy" feature is available by simply clicking "X hours/days ago"
above the comment. How to
@h42 +1
> How do I share a link to a specific comment in the thread?
[https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/3534/1#22078](https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/3534/1#22078)
If I had a vote, it would be for keeping the forum mostly as is.
It is functional. It is easy to use. It is fast. It runs nim code.
It does not support nested threads. Neither do many other popular forums, and
in my opinion it results in much more focused discussions, especially in
smaller
Until I started reading this, I had no idea there was anything wrong. It is
easy to use and it looks good to me. There are web apps that are designed by
artistic types and web pages designed by programmer types. As a person who
prefers using command line tools for his "ide" as opposed to gui
> **miran**: 3. How do I share a link to a specific comment in the thread?
There's a PR open for this [#114](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimforum/pull/114)
Anyway,the forum is fairly useable, only thing I miss is notifications for
replies.
I totally agree. I hate complex forums. This form is pretty good. I would keep
it minimal.
Hacker News is one of the most popular tech sites and it does not have any of
these fancy "forum features".
Despite this I would like to refresh the Forum's design and make it mobile
friendly. But we shouldn't overcomplicate things with features found in phpbb.
> The forum looks fine
1\. How do I open a thread on the last comment?
> This forum is fully functional
2\. How do I open a thread on a new comment (one under the last one I read
previously)?
> The forum is very usable
3\. How do I share a link to a specific comment in the thread?
* * *
The forum is very usable but a small set of tags for topics would be useful,
like "ide", "compilation", "syntax" for example . Nim's users base can grows,
especially if a Nim 1.0 will be released.
The forum looks fine and most importantly is both very responsive and easy to
read.
Projects like Nim forum and Aporia editor seems to provide the team with
projects to experiment with Nim, find the best strategies and practices to
write code for specific domains, and then bring back their experience to Nim
standards and libraries, this lead to why people think Nim is awesome.
> This forum is fully functional
[citation needed]
Libman, generally I agree.
But one problem is, that by reinventing something that already exists one can
waste much time and the result may not be of highest quality. Of course
reinventing can be a nice exercise for beginners, and it is a fine test and
showcase for the power of the language.
I got used to the forum (and the fact that i can run nim code snippets
sometimes is very useful) but i agree that it leaves you a bad taste in mouth,
let alone from time to time it breaks for some reason. It would be better for
new users to employ a different forum.
I would like to start a discussion about the virtues of
[dogfooding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food) within the
Nim community.
This comes in response to [a comment on
reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/nim/comments/7smw81/nim_future/dt7xmab/):
> "For god's sake use
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