I have to agree with you Paul Stanton. A forum instead of the users list would probably give tapestry a better reception from new users that do not like or do not know how to use a mailing list.
The main problems with the mailing list (in my opinion) are that: *If a new user wants to know what is happening in the tapesty project, (s)he has to locate the mailing list archives (and I can only see the users list mentioned on the bottom of the getting started page. What about the dev lists?). *If (s)he wants to as a question or get updates, mailing list are even worse. Most users will know how to register on a forum, but registering for a mailing list? This is something most people haven't done in several years (or it will be a new experience for people). If the user manages to register and still wants to as a question to the tapestry-user list, (s)he will have to locate the users@tapestry.apache.org address and send a mail to this. My opinion is that there should be a forum instead of the "users" list while the access to the dev list should be described in detail on this forum. Since I guess we will continue using the mailing lists, maybe someone with write access could create a "Get help" page describing how to use the mailing lists. This page should at least include: *Browsing the archives *Subscribing to a list *Posting to a list *Unsubscribing to a list (important) Sigbjørn Tvedt On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:46, Paul Stanton <p...@mapshed.com.au> wrote: > i know most of you guys, who have been using ml for so long probably prefer > ml, that's not the point! > > i guarantee there's a number of users who don't want to configure their > inbox for ml and give up. > > just a thought, if no one can see the benefit i guess it isn't going to > happen! > > i use stackoverflow a lot and attempt to answer or contribute to most > tapestry questions. > > p. > > > On 24/11/2010 8:35 PM, Ivano Luberti wrote: > >> I prefer ml to forums and in nay case ML web archives allow to search >> them. >> I cannot see any other advantage of a forum over a ml. >> >> Il 24/11/2010 4.56, Paul Stanton ha scritto: >> >>> how about adding a forum? >>> >>> personally i prefer forums to mailing lists, and i believe a lot of >>> people don't participate in this 'user-group' community and therefore >>> don't get help and therefore don't like tapestry... >>> >>> if you want to attract more users i recommend this. >>> >>> p. >>> >>> On 20/11/2010 8:15 AM, Howard Lewis Ship wrote: >>> >>>> We're still working out the kinks ... and I've been working hard on >>>> revising >>>> the tutorial ... but at long last, we're debuting the new Tapestry >>>> Web Site: >>>> >>>> http://tapestry.apache.org/ >>>> >>>> Feedback is encouraged; just post to users@tapestry.apache.org with >>>> [SITE] >>>> in the subject. >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >>> >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >
