-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Your a little late with your predictions..
On 11/27/2011 03:05 PM, Russel Winder wrote: > On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 17:41 +0000, alex wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and >> obviously outdated newsgroup software in use. > > What is outdated about with a mail list based system? > >> Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based >> forum to which everyone can register and post D-related >> questions&answers. > > Why is a browser-based system better -- as opposed to just being > trendy? > >> 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 >> >> >> To give D a further community 'push', I and a friend of mine >> really would like to set up all required things if wanted. >> >> The reason I'm asking the newsgroup directly is to have the >> forum that can be reachedunder the official D internet URL, so >> that it won't be a 'third-party' driven one or something like >> that. >> >> >> 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. > > There will be warfare if this thread continues for mor that about > 0.6 ms. > > It seems every community has to have this mail vs forum debate > every three years or so, and it is completely futile. There are > people who like and can use forums and there are people who abhor > them because they are anathema. The onlt sane system is to have a > synthesis of the two: forum interface for those who like forums > and a mail list for those who only work with email based systems. > Any other choice is a discrimination against personal choice of > workflow. > > I am in the mail list camp. I will not use forums as it means > stuff does not appear in my email system. > > Communities that choose non-email based forums loose a lot of high > quality input. Systems that are purely email based fail to > attract a lot of high quality input. Communities that use an > integrated system win since UI is personal choice. > > So if you want to get any traction at all in this debate only > propose an integrated forum/email system any other choice leads to > #fail. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJO0qe6AAoJENcHIWLyQiSlGscIAO6UDAkE+A+JA4BNVZ34EsDS 4+ur1UgJCEnCV19m+vLSmFpPGayy4FCPwaDwNF/L65P2PD89HFfQ83jv3klV4WAt 5IbUYPtcGual6UNpWG+R5vaxWpT76jx+AXdESvIr7GiaHf33aFAXCdc2h4o9CMfb 2wJQrmtG0jgogG/WUrEfvQkbaDgKxYt+SthAldkLdw3W7YigPqhjBpN4QrMRM5ke AYCzk9uY1cI+azMySir0AZCFYBqxJHe7Y4AZeomhPdNVrUvRGthyKHI9uNdSLn1I X+wvKucfDxT7Ve0VoZmiEh8QGN2lDe06OiMXtP/Bhh7N+dz+XBBaLOMoa/UCj78= =qFsz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
