> Forums are more user-friendly, which is the point of community
> communication system. We need easier ways for community to communicate
> between ourselves.
We need to stop thinking you know better and that nobody has ever
thought of that before. There wasnt a consensus with the current
forums
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Forums are more user-friendly, which is the point of community
> communication system. We need easier ways for community to communicate
> between ourselves.
That's just about as wrong and idiotic as blindly assigning maturity
levels to those who don't use your form of comm
On Friday 13 April 2007 18:44, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Forums are more user-friendly,
Alexey,
User friendlyness is just phrase without meaning if you don't tell to what
case it applies.
Web forums are more user friendly for new users that want to browse them like
they do on the web, but for
On Friday 13 April 2007 12:59, Sandy Drobic wrote:
> Again, this might not apply to me personally, but I imagine that it will
> more appealing to people that do not have the yearlong experience with
> mailinglists.
That is right to the point.
Plus, I recently became aware that most of people I k
On Friday 13 April 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Forums are more user-friendly, which is the point of community
> communication system. We need easier ways for community to communicate
> between ourselves.
Forums are NOT user friendly.
No way would a user friendly system:
1) make me click an
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Forums are more user-friendly,
In *your* opinion - I find them frustrating and impossibly obtuse.
>
> PHPbb-like Forum (as primary interface) + mailing-list that mirrors the
> forum as a secondary interface - would be best.
No, what would be b
Forums are more user-friendly, which is the point of community
communication system. We need easier ways for community to communicate
between ourselves.
PHPbb-like Forum (as primary interface) + mailing-list that mirrors the forum
as a secondary interface - would be best.
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John Andersen wrote:
> On Friday 13 April 2007, Pueblo Native wrote:
>
>
>> Why? Just because you have to wait a little bit. Isn't it more
>> "childish" to demand an answer right then and there on your terms rather
>> than wait patiently?
>>
>
> Why should I wait patiently?
> Give me one
G.T.Smith wrote:
> I personally have mixed views about forums (annoying things like
> preparing a response, finding you have been logged out, and having to
> redo response; and brain dead search options oh of course [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]
> advertising)
And having to re-find your place every tim
On Friday 13 April 2007, Pueblo Native wrote:
> Why? Just because you have to wait a little bit. Isn't it more
> "childish" to demand an answer right then and there on your terms rather
> than wait patiently?
Why should I wait patiently?
Give me one good reason. Just One!
You call it childish
Sandy Drobic wrote:
What were the reasons that people wanted a forum?
please, browse the opensuse list archives, this have been discussed often.
fact is forums are very popular (personnally I don't like them, but
many people do - it's probably better for casual access)
jdd
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John Andersen wrote:
> On Friday 13 April 2007, Sandy Drobic wrote:
>> The graphical Interface with lots of buttons could offer some hints for
>> the casual reader of the mailinglist, something like:
>
> The graphical interface IS the Problem, not the solution.
>
> After forums, next comes a dema
On Friday 13 April 2007, Sandy Drobic wrote:
> The graphical Interface with lots of buttons could offer some hints for
> the casual reader of the mailinglist, something like:
The graphical interface IS the Problem, not the solution.
After forums, next comes a demand for Avitars. Then animated
av
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The Thursday 2007-04-12 at 17:13 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> > What do you think about building a new one or declaring some currently
> > existing one as the official?
> >
>
> Official?
> Why do we need that?
> Look, there's OpenSuse.us, which I u
jdd wrote:
> Sandy Drobic wrote:
>
>> So, what would I gain from using a forum? I don't think I would gain
>> anything.
>
>
> the problem have been very often quoted: people asks for something. This
> don't hurt and uses very little work: do it!
>
> the real question is: do we need an _official
Sandy Drobic wrote:
So, what would I gain from using a forum? I don't think I would gain anything.
the problem have been very often quoted: people asks for something.
This don't hurt and uses very little work: do it!
the real question is: do we need an _official_ openSUSE forum. Time
ago
Sandy Drobic wrote:
> What might offer an additional value is an archive of tested solutions to
> problems, something like a how-to-solve-problems-wiki. That could be
> refered to on the mailing list to answer problems quickly and decisively.
> Though it still wouldn't be a forum.
>
>
>
Useful
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> OK, people I understood your points.
>
> 1. Some seems to have preference for mailing-lists, some others
> (including me) have preference for PHPbb Forums.
>
> 2. I really liked the idea that we already have a webForum
> representation of mailing-lists, but the current Fo
On 4/13/07, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Dave Crouse wrote:
> So, My how-to's on installing suse ftp ver9.1 that has 95,000+ page
> views are just irrelevant dribble and we should just close down all
> the forums because a few of you don't see any virtue in
On Friday 13 April 2007 01:43:49 am John Andersen wrote:
> On Thursday 12 April 2007, Kai Ponte wrote:
> > > What do you think about building a new one or declaring some currently
> > > existing one as the official?
> >
> > Though I come to the mailing list often simply because it is somewhat
> > c
On Friday 13 April 2007 04:33:04 am Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> OK, people I understood your points.
>
> 1. Some seems to have preference for mailing-lists, some others
> (including me) have preference for PHPbb Forums.
>
> 2. I really liked the idea that we already have a webForum
> representation of
John Andersen wrote:
> O
> I on the other hand loath them.
> Why would I want to wait for response time each time I click on a post.
>
> My email is here waiting for me when I get to the computer.
> Why should I wait for the computer to suck down several thousand bytes
> just to find out that it wa
OK, people I understood your points.
1. Some seems to have preference for mailing-lists, some others
(including me) have preference for PHPbb Forums.
2. I really liked the idea that we already have a webForum
representation of mailing-lists, but the current Forum is really
noobish and non-intuit
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Dave Crouse wrote:
> Kind of
> insulting to myself and other forum creators that have taken the time
> to create forums/irc channels and more to HELP the community.
Just because we disagree about the efficiency and usability of forums
does not mean we are insulting you.
On Thursday 12 April 2007, jdd wrote:
> there have been very long threads on this very subject at least one
> year ago, without any really satisfactory result
Its been quite satisfactory if you ask me.
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On Thursday 12 April 2007, Jan Karjalainen wrote:
> Dave Crouse wrote:
> > So, My how-to's on installing suse ftp ver9.1 that has 95,000+ page
> > views are just irrelevant dribble and we should just close down all
> > the forums because a few of you don't see any virtue in them ?
> >
> > Perhaps "
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Dave Crouse wrote:
> So, My how-to's on installing suse ftp ver9.1 that has 95,000+ page
> views are just irrelevant dribble and we should just close down all
> the forums because a few of you don't see any virtue in them ?
Dave: We have a wiki and archives.
Those 9500
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Kai Ponte wrote:
> > What do you think about building a new one or declaring some currently
> > existing one as the official?
>
> Though I come to the mailing list often simply because it is somewhat
> convenient, I also prefer forums.
I on the other hand loath them.
Why
On Thursday 12 April 2007 10:08:18 am Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> hi all !
>
> I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
> request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
> currently, but no central one.
>
> The one I liked most (in design) is:
> http://
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
hi all !
I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
currently, but no central one.
The one I liked most (in design) is:
http://opensuse.us/
What do you think about building a n
Dave Crouse wrote:
So, My how-to's on installing suse ftp ver9.1 that has 95,000+ page
views are just irrelevant dribble and we should just close down all
the forums because a few of you don't see any virtue in them ?
Perhaps "Webforum suck." to YOU, but they DO NOT to everyone else.
There is ro
So, My how-to's on installing suse ftp ver9.1 that has 95,000+ page
views are just irrelevant dribble and we should just close down all
the forums because a few of you don't see any virtue in them ?
Perhaps "Webforum suck." to YOU, but they DO NOT to everyone else.
There is room in the community
* Jan Karjalainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-07 16:16]:
[...]
> Mutt sucks. But hey, to each and everyone his/her own!
BUT, it sucks *less*. Check it out :^)
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> Thu, 12 Apr 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>> hi all !
>>
>> I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
>> request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
>> currently, but no central one.
>>
>
> Webforum suck.
> In Mutt I can go through the 200-300
Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
Thu, 12 Apr 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
hi all !
I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
currently, but no central one.
The one I liked most (in design) is:
http://ope
Thu, 12 Apr 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> hi all !
>
> I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
> request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
> currently, but no central one.
>
> The one I liked most (in design) is:
> http://opensuse.us/
>
>
On Thursday 12 April 2007 10:42, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
> > request building such a centralized forum, as there are many
> > available currently, but no central one.
> > ...
>
> ...
>
> Forums, etc... just segregate a commun
Forums, etc... just segregate a community; and the people most likely
to be able to answer questions [in my 10+ years experience] prefer
mailing lists [because they also prefer real mail clients which make
using mailing lists almost effortless?].
By that token your saying that forums and irc a
On 4/12/07, Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hi all !
I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
currently, but no central one.
The one I liked most (in design) is:
http://opensuse.us/
What
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
hi all !
I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
currently, but no central one.
The one I liked most (in design) is:
http://opensuse.us/
What do you think about building a n
> I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
> request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
> currently, but no central one.
> The one I liked most (in design) is:
> http://opensuse.us/
> What do you think about building a new one or declaring some
hi all !
I much prefer the PHPbb forum to mailing-lists, so I would like to
request building such a centralized forum, as there are many available
currently, but no central one.
The one I liked most (in design) is:
http://opensuse.us/
What do you think about building a new one or declaring some
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