Dojo, the Javascript toolkit we use in the web ui, made the switch to
forums a little while ago, it might be worth pinging some of the folks
over there to see if they have any thoughts or suggestions on a)
whether the forums have been a positive addition to other forms of
communication and b) implementation of the necessary infrastructure.
I'd be happy to make this inquiry if we have interest in exploring the
idea.
-Travis
On Apr 22, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
Hi Andre,
Jared has also suggested making use of forums -- at the time we
decided to stick with mailing lists while that held up. Perhaps we
should indeed reconsider this idea for 1.0, for the reasons you
mention.
Thanks for bringing it up.
Cheers,
Katie
Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
Although there certainly is a bit of configuration and admin
overhead, I've thought for awhile that a forum would be helpful for
new (and long-time) users. Sure, one can search the list archives
today, but it can be hit or miss, particularly for new users
uncertain about what keywords would be best. A forum tends to self-
organize by topic. A forum can also provide a more accessible arena
for gathering feedback, both laurels and darts. A new landing page
suggest, anyway, an opportunity to add a forum. It could replace
the user list eventually to the extent that the forum tool would be
able to permit registrants to subscribe to alerts and digests from
forum topics. All quite typical tool sets found every more often
around the net.
-Andre
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Open Source Applications Foundation "chandler-dev" mailing list
http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-dev
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Open Source Applications Foundation "chandler-dev" mailing list
http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-dev
