[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-06 Thread plino
Nabble just LOOKS like a forum. Functionally, it's not. You have to subscribe to each section because each is a separate mailing list. If Mono works in the same way, then it's not an alternative. Please TDF consider setting up an OFFICIAL forum! -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
+1 - Original Message From: plino pedl...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 6 June, 2011 9:53:30 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated? Nabble just LOOKS like a forum. Functionally, it's not. You have to subscribe to each section because each

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-04 Thread Caesar
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:10:39 -0700, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?: On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 11:05:45AM +0200, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-04 Thread plino
Caesar wrote: On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:10:39 -0700, Robert Holtzman lt;hol...@cox.netgt; Which is precisely the reason I dislike forums. Way too many brainless questions from users (and I use the term loosely) who barely know how to turn on their computer. +1 on that. They certainly don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-04 Thread Roland Hughes
Not only that, but that group is also the only ones bottom posting. On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 21:10 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 11:05:45AM +0200, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-04 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/4/11 5:00 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Or for the dozenth time... the project deploy a solution that makes everyone happy - a federated forum / list solution. Maybe you should make it. almost everyone happy. :: grin :: -- Ken Mac OS X 10.6.7 Firefox 3.6.17 Thunderbird

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread James Wilde
On Jun 3, 2011, at 01:28 , plino wrote: It is benevolently moderated in the sense that real spam and commercial spammers are eliminated. Correct. But I haven't noticed any post from a real user being eliminated or any user banned. Well, by definition, you wouldn't! :) I guess some

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/3/11 3:05 AM, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum which non-technical users like OH, how I hate forums. :-( -- Ken Mac OS X 10.6.7 Firefox 3.6.17 Thunderbird 3.1.10 LibreOffice 3.3.2 --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 08:20 -0600, Ken Springer wrote: On 6/3/11 3:05 AM, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum which non-technical users like OH, how I hate forums. :-( +1 If you enjoy not having your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread PLO
|OFF TOPIC| Hello James, On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Plino said: I guess some of the off-topic can be annoying but that is the price of freedom of speech ;) On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:05:45 +0200 (your time) you replied: This is exactly the situation. Well, I certainly wasn't aware

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/3/11 9:55 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: People who really know [and thus use] a product aren't going to troll a forum for questions [forums are a you-must-go-look model]. You need to reach to them - which means e-mail [e-mail goes to the user's INBOX, it is right there with his/her other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread HBarr
On 04/06/2011 00:55, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 08:20 -0600, Ken Springer wrote: On 6/3/11 3:05 AM, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum which non-technical users like OH, how I hate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Roland Hughes
Forums are far more useful as a help database than 1970s mailing list archives ever will be. Forums allow problems and threads to have statuses, such as SOLVED. They also allow the original poster and/or the host to flag the message which actually solved the problem. On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 08:20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Roland Hughes
Mono projects are the projects I'm currently writing a geek book on. It is the realization by Bill Gates that Microsoft will be dust in the computer archives very soon, like Singer, Wang, and Microsoft Bob. C# and much of DOT NOT has been ported to the Linux platform with much of the funding of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/3/11 11:05 AM, Roland Hughes wrote: Forums are far more useful as a help database than 1970s mailing list archives ever will be. Forums allow problems and threads to have statuses, such as SOLVED. They also allow the original poster and/or the host to flag the message which actually

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Roland Hughes
Well, I've yet to see a forum where you couldn't scroll through the list of questions posted. On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:04 -0600, Ken Springer wrote: On 6/3/11 11:05 AM, Roland Hughes wrote: Forums are far more useful as a help database than 1970s mailing list archives ever will be. Forums

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
:) From: plino pedl...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 3 June, 2011 14:25:23 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated? James Wilde wrote: But I haven't noticed any post from a real user being eliminated or any user banned. Well, by definition, you wouldn't

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread plino
Hi Tom ;) Tom Davies wrote: Some kind user did kindly develop a Forum but people here seem more interested in creating blockages and creating restrictions rather than diversifying to suit a variety of different people's needs. Relax bud and have a good weekend :) I'm not stressed ;)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 3 June, 2011 19:40:49 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated? Hi Tom ;) Tom Davies wrote: Some kind user did kindly develop a Forum but people here seem more interested in creating blockages and creating restrictions rather than diversifying to suit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:59 -0500, Roland Hughes wrote: Well, I've yet to see a forum where you couldn't scroll through the list of questions posted. See the *amazing* unified forum/list system available at http://go-mono.com/forums/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:04 -0600, Ken Springer wrote: I really like the newsgroup format, where I can simply scroll through the subjects and then read what I find interesting, and actually learn something new, rather than waiting until I have a problem that I need solved. As you probably

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 19:44 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ooops, i meant to include this link http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ It's a bit basic but was only meant as a stop-gap until TDF developed a proper one but it is getting used a bit. See the *amazing* unified forum/list system

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/3/11 12:59 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: See the *amazing* unified forum/list system available at http://go-mono.com/forums/ I recommend using whatever system they use. Keeps the community together and gives everyone what they want. Please do not take this personally, Adam, but I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated? On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 19:44 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ooops, i meant to include this link http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ It's a bit basic but was only meant as a stop-gap until TDF developed a proper one but it is getting used

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Roland Hughes
Thanks for the link! On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 14:57 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:59 -0500, Roland Hughes wrote: Well, I've yet to see a forum where you couldn't scroll through the list of questions posted. See the *amazing* unified forum/list system available

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 11:05:45AM +0200, James Wilde wrote: Personally I think mailing lists are so last century and nerdy, and that we should be using a forum which non-technical users like Which is precisely the reason I dislike forums. Way too many brainless questions from users (and I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-02 Thread plino
It is benevolently moderated in the sense that real spam and commercial spammers are eliminated. But I haven't noticed any post from a real user being eliminated or any user banned. I guess some of the off-topic can be annoying but that is the price of freedom of speech ;) -- View this message

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-02 Thread Ken Springer
On 6/2/11 4:47 PM, Simon Cropper wrote: The links at the bottom of this page direct you to the posting guidelines. They are short and sweet... How to write a good mail? Just write a mail, You would like to read from very top to very bottom line by line. - Write what You would like to see -