On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Yves Goergen <nospam.l...@unclassified.de> wrote: > On 18.10.2011 16:40 CE(S)T, Simon Slavin wrote: >> The way to settle this is easy: leave the mailing list in place. >> Create a web forum. If people abandon the mailing list and start >> using the web forum instead, it worked. If people stay with the >> mailing list, the mailing list is superior. > > I don't think many would want to be in two places that serve the same > purpose. You can't make a forum a success if the old way still remains > active. A forum will only be successful if people are there to post. And > if nobody posts there, nobody will go there. If the mailing list was > replaced by a forum, everybody would go to the forum. But you definitely > should ask the mailing list users whether they would prefer moving over > to a forum, otherwise many might be angry.
If some people *really* want a forum (I don't understand the desire for a forum, but grant that some people want it) and some people *really* want a list (I know this for a fact because I'm want of them) and pleasing both groups is important to the SQLite3 team (I've no clue about this) then setup a forum interface to the mailing list (who would be opposed to that?). > I would also very much prefer a web-based forum. The whole concept has > many advantages over e-mail lists and only few disadvantages. > > + Easy access, no setup (subscription, rules etc.) The same is true of the list. You do not have to subscribe to read it, and it could be made to allow posts by non-subscribers, to to have subscribers that don't get copies of the e-mails. Anyways, you have to register to post on a forum, and that's not terribly different from subscribing to a list. > + Easily searchable archive with modern and usable UI Same is true of a mailing list. But mailing lists are even easier to search because you can use your favorite MUA's search capabilities if you like *in addition to* your favorite web search engine and your favorite mail archive web interface (gmane, ...). > + Post editing and moderation support (if someone messed it up) > -> Allows to correct thread hijacking or wrong subject I don't care. > + Solid threading support (not every MUA can do it well) Get an MUA that works right then. > + Following single threads, with notification Get a decent MUA. > + URL to any content, directly from the primary UI The list software could be made to include a URL for every message posted in that same message (that'd be nice). > + Optional source code syntax highlighting And XSS attack vectors? No thanks. > + Less traffic in your mailbox, you only read what you want Use filters, or separate accounts for lists, ... > + No publicly published e-mail address (spam etc.) Forums get forum spam. They also tend to come with ads. > o More "generation Facebook"-like (is this an advantage at all?) I don't think so, but maybe I'm just old skool. > - Web-based UI may be less efficient for some (married with their MUA; > also greatly depends on the forum software being used!) I use several MUAs; not married to any one. I've used many web fora, but I've yet to find one that isn't deeply unsatisfying in some way or another. Nico -- _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
