On Monday 24 April 2006 04:50 am, Tom Spear (Dustin Booker, Dustin
Navea) wrote:
> n0dalus wrote:
> > In a way this holds for mailing lists as well, but I think
> > the difference is that forums usually have:
> > - Large sections containing non-technical discussion
> > - 'Post counts', often used
> I don't see developers (well, except me sometimes) going onto these forums
Should have read everything first I should have said developers
except me and Scott :)
thanks -mike
> Now, I'm not high on crystal meth or anything, but I'll just assume
> for a moment that we all want better accessibility for the newcomers
> (even with the rise in volume that they bring), and that all agree to
> go with solution 3 :-). Thus I'll try to outline a battle plan:
Well, my own opini
n0dalus wrote:
On 4/24/06, deedee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Forums can tend towards cliques. So-called "popular" forums,
especially, can have this quality -- because popularity
frequently equates to regulars who always show up and post.
In a way this holds for mailing lists as well, b
Molle Bestefich wrote:
Tom Spear (Dustin Booker, Dustin Navea) wrote:
If solution 3 ever takes off, I will gladly contribute with coding.
Realistically, though, i cannot implement something like this all by
myself, especially not in any kind of a timely fashion.
I can contrib some cod
On 4/24/06, deedee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Forums can tend towards cliques. So-called "popular" forums,
> especially, can have this quality -- because popularity
> frequently equates to regulars who always show up and post.
In a way this holds for mailing lists as well, but I think the
diff
>Newsgroups might be too technical to engage in for newcomers, >especially if they're already *very* busy trying to make this new
>software they've downloaded (Wine) work and everything's failing right >and left around their ears with odd 'FontForge' messages, >seh_exception overflows and what not
Hi all,
Having been on a lot of forums and mailing lists, I definitely
prefer mailing lists. I've read the various pros and cons of both
with interest here. Frankly, I've never found it a problem to do
everything people say is great with forums with mailing lists --
and I do a lot of traveling
> The 'category' thing sounds tricky to implement on top of a mailing> list (as I would like it)...
Yes, categories are nice.Sorry for sneaking into the conversation again. When I saw the Wine Wiki, I was disappointed that the app db wasn't integrated into it. It seemed like the thing to do, from a
Philippe A. wrote:
> When I saw the Wine Wiki, I was disappointed that the app db wasn't
> integrated into it.
There does seem to be a lot of stale information in there.
Maybe a Wiki would be better suited for the AppDB than the current forum.
A forum there is fine too, but exposing it like it is
Tom Spear (Dustin Booker, Dustin Navea) wrote:
> > If solution 3 ever takes off, I will gladly contribute with coding.
> > Realistically, though, i cannot implement something like this all by
> > myself, especially not in any kind of a timely fashion.
>
> I can contrib some code (need to start lear
Philippe A. wrote:
> I stayed away from them for a very long time, until I came across Google
> Groups. Google taps so well into newsgroups that now I think all mailing
> lists of the world should be turned into a newsgroup :-)
>
> (Note I keep advocating this suggestion because I'm quite convinced
Segin wrote:
Why aren't I offering suggestions? I did offer one. The rest are
beyond our control. To attempt to fix those would be as intelligent as
sticking your hand into a boiling pot of water.
Let's look at that last one, the sticky thing. This usually means to
have a email highlighted in
Molle Bestefich wrote:
Hi
I've tried to sum up the problems with the wine-users mailing list
that are urging many people to call for a forum.winehq.org.
I hope it's useful.
Problems
1) Cannot post without configured mail client
2) Browsing old topics and replying/posting new ones
On 4/23/06, Segin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I thought I set it to plaintext for Wine-devel... maybe it's doing both
> plain and HTML At any rate, I never used "stupid" HTML (god awful
> colors/fonts/font sizes)
>
Gmail now seems to be activating html automatically in reply of
someone sendin
>Hi Philippe,
>
>Interesting post :-).
>I don't have time right now to answer all the pros you mention for
>newsgroups, so I'll just throw in a couple of things that I think is
>flawed in your suggestion (rude, perhaps! sorry!).
>
>Philippe A. wrote:
I guess you know what newsgroups are, and tha
Vitaliy Margolen wrote:
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 4:14:28 PM, Segin wrote:
Actually, it seems most users like to send messages via their
emailclient, but like in another email i sent, they also resent their
emailclients for lack of pretty graphics, colors, and the mailing
listrestr
On 4/23/06, Molle Bestefich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Solution 3: WebForum-on-top-of-List
>
>
> Pros:
>) We concentrate people, allowing web and email users to communicate.
>) We concentrate (archived) knowledge in one place.
>
> Cons:
>) The
> > Mailing lists are searchable, but harder than a forum to search.
> > Forums let you search by any of text, title, author, date, category,
>
> Ok, that sounds nice.
>
> The 'category' thing sounds tricky to implement on top of a mailing
> list (as I would like it)...
Yes, categories are nice.
>
You see Google Groups as something very Google-specific and you don't like it. This is maybe because you don't know what Google Groups is? I will try demystifying Google Groups a bit for our readers. I guess you know what newsgroups are, and that they existed before Google. What Google did is to in
Hi Philippe,
Interesting post :-).
I don't have time right now to answer all the pros you mention for
newsgroups, so I'll just throw in a couple of things that I think is
flawed in your suggestion (rude, perhaps! sorry!).
Philippe A. wrote:
> I guess you know what newsgroups are, and that they e
Btw,
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine still exists and is used
as a forum just fine.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
Instant Web Forum, just add water.
ciao, Marcus
* Sterling Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [22/04/06, 16:10:06]:
> Lots of forums support RSS, and you can "subscribe" to a topic - two
> ways for forum posts to come to you.
Which will fill my mailbox just like a mailing list does, just that it
only says "Someone replied to your forum post. Go t
Sterling Christensen wrote:
> Lots of forums support RSS, and you can "subscribe" to a topic
> - two ways for forum posts to come to you.
Those are definitely nice features.
> There are lots of people who prefer forums. Everything seems so much
> easier to me with a proper modern forum. There is
Lots of forums support RSS, and you can "subscribe" to a topic - two
ways for forum posts to come to you.
There are lots of people who prefer forums. Everything seems so much
easier to me with a proper modern forum. There is so much that's just
impossible on a mailing list.
Mailing lists are sear
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 4:14:28 PM, Segin wrote:
> Actually, it seems most users like to send messages via their
> emailclient, but like in another email i sent, they also resent their
> emailclients for lack of pretty graphics, colors, and the mailing
> listrestriction on annoying HTML markup (n
Actually, it seems most users like to send messages via their email
client, but like in another email i sent, they also resent their email
clients for lack of pretty graphics, colors, and the mailing list
restriction on annoying HTML markup (namely none allowed) which if you
look at it, is real
On 4/22/06, Segin <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why aren't I offering suggestions? I did offer one. The rest are beyond
our control. To attempt to fix those would be as intelligent as
sticking your hand into a boiling pot of water.
Let's look at that last one, the sticky thing. This usua
Why aren't I offering suggestions? I did offer one. The rest are beyond
our control. To attempt to fix those would be as intelligent as
sticking your hand into a boiling pot of water.
Let's look at that last one, the sticky thing. This usually means to
have a email highlighted in a way that it
On 4/22/06, Segin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, I have noted below problems that we can take care of, and thosethat aren't our problem, never were, never will be, impossible to be ourproblem, (you get the picture), because they are PEBKAC errors :)
For all of those that don't know: PEBKAC = Pro
Hello, I have noted below problems that we can take care of, and those
that aren't our problem, never were, never will be, impossible to be our
problem, (you get the picture), because they are PEBKAC errors :)
For all of those that don't know: PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between
Keyboard and Chair
Hi
I've tried to sum up the problems with the wine-users mailing list
that are urging many people to call for a forum.winehq.org.
I hope it's useful.
Problems
1) Cannot post without configured mail client
2) Browsing old topics and replying/posting new ones happen in two
different p
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