Progster, I disagree, and not because of "unexperience" as you said.
You did not hear private discussions about UKB therefore you have no idea about kind of layout capability expectations people have. They are way over top any forum. Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "progster01" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Forum or Mailing List - please vote > Speaking of phpBB3 as "the forum": > > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> the forum is *very* limited when it comes to formatting the article. > > Wow, I have to disagree with that statement! > > Sorry to quibble with you on your own list, TJ, but I think the > opinion you've expressed above is misleading to the > uninformed/unexperienced (in phpBB3), and would be widely rejected by > those who routinely use properly enabled phpBB3 Forums. > > PhpBB3 Forum, IMO, provides generous and easy-to-use formatting with > control of text styles, in-line images, visual compression of large > images into the page area, and far too many more specifics to list > individually. > > PhpBB3 is not a pixel-by-pixel publishing layout program (is > WordPress?), but that is irrelevant (IMO). > > What is relevant is that with only a very tiny learning curve phpBB3 > will allow anyone willing to make the slightest effort to produce very > nice messages, with text styling, with blocks and indents, with > images, with attached files, with segregated, selectable "code" blocks. > > If phpBB3 were to become the AB community forum platform, members > would be unfettered from the very serious expressive/presentation > limitations of the Yahoo email list format. The trade-off is that the > whole ball of wax doesn't appear in your email inbox automatically (if > that's what you are used to). > > If this change is adopted, I predict UKB in WordPress will become a > lame duck. Virtually no one will use it, because phpBB3, properly > configured, is _so much easier to use_, and perfectly adequate for all > but the most demanding "magazine-like" presentations. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
