[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I vote with Jerry for a forum. When I first started to go through the > mailing list archives, it was a real nuisance to not have topics with the > threads beneath them.
Like this?: <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2002-October/thread.html#s tart> > The mailing list isn't such a good format for newbies, but its limitations > go almost unnoticed by the regulars. Isn't a large part of the > Revolution/MetaCard goal to attract and keep newbies? If yes, then more > emphasis should be placed there. The mailing-list-vs.-newsgroups/forms/etc. topic was a sizeable thread on the CHI-Web list last year. The outcome of the discussion seemed to be that the ubiquity of mailing lists must be for a reason, that the alternatives have their own limitations making email only slightly less of several evils. But I also find them limited (esp. without a search facility for the archives), and I think you're onto something here: > I belong to or lurk several MM authoring forums. I've seen several designs > that are very good. There is no reason why a good one (with good design, UI, > etc.) couldn't be implemented for the Revolution community. This is, > afterall the 21st century people... Adobe's Web forums are also NNTP servers, so one can log in using either a Web browser or Usenet client as they prefer. While most folks there seem to use a browser, I log in with Newswatcher. It would be cool if interaction with the Rev list could happen in at least two forms: email and the Web. Extra bonus points if they do it in a way that makes it easy to access via HTTP, so one could build a really cool RevList client right into the Rev environment as a plug-in. :) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
