"alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Hi folks, > > I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and obviously > outdated newsgroup software in use. >
old != outdated NGs are better. Seriously, what's with people's "old == outdated" bullshit these days? What is this, the goddamn fashion industry? Certainly feels like it half the time. > Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based forum to > which everyone can register and post D-related questions&answers. > > So, my recommendation would be to establish a forum based on phpBB or a > similar framework software (btw, it's free and open source, so don't worry > about possible > costs!) at forum.d-programming-language.org > phpBB is crap. Actually, anything PHP is crap. > > Even if this idea should be a bit too 'large', please do fix the http > interface for the D main newsgroup thread - it's not working for me and > only gives back a > connection timeout. People are working on a better web interface for the NG. But bear in mind, *any* web interface is going to be inherently inferior to a real NG client simply due to *being* a web interface.
