On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote: > On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote: >> I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing >> lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people >> who would rather subscribe through a web interface. >> >> An idea would be, while keeping the usual mailing list stuff (the >> ability to subscribe by sending an email to a specified address and so >> on), having a web subscription interface that would drive the user >> through two or three slides concisely explaining some important rules, >> and how to unsubscribe. >> >> Of course /then/ some people would skip the slides... > > I've often thought of something similar, i.e. when a use > registers/signs up, that use automatically gets a document sent to the > user's registered email address. And then have the user acknowledge > the user has received and understands the posting rules, netiquette, > etc.. Something similar to having to agree to a EULA when installing > software. When the user gets his/her post pulled for not following > they guidelines (I'm assuming continuing errors in posting, not the > occasional error where the user may have had a simple brain lapse :-) > ) they can't claim they didn't know. > > And... You could create said document in LO! ::grin:: But sending > the user a PDF would be better. :-)
No, the idea here is exactly to force users through small[1] explanations *before* they subscribe. That is, said web subscription wouldn't be made until the user finished the small "slideshow". And to avoid overdoing it, it should be in plain HTML. [1] "small" means it shouldn't be the entire contents of RFC 1855 and additional guidelines, just a simple set of rules. (And actually, I think sending it as a PDF instead of a plain text e-mail would be a bad idea. If you're sending it by e-mail, why not just put it in the e-mail? PDFs aren't good for on-screen reading, anyway.) Even if the user wants to skip it, they still has to skip each "slide" to get to the submit form. Also, a key feature would be that users who are already used to mailing lists and find the subscription email can easily skip this and subscribe by mail. -- Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg) gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
