Ok, so there 's clearly a desire for something better, but some folks prefer google groups as a mailing list. Elm makes a deliberate appeal to ease-of-use and simplicity, which is at odds with using google groups as a community forum.
Past discussions aside, I think it's worth revisiting. On Friday, November 25, 2016 at 1:21:29 PM UTC-6, Janis Voigtländer wrote: > > Suggestion: Use the google group's search facility to check whether the > thing you propose has been discussed before. :-) > > Hint: It's the case, and I think that even the "discourse" suggestion was > made and discussed then. > > Am 25.11.2016 um 20:04 schrieb W. Brian Gourlie <[email protected] > <javascript:>>: > > I find google groups to be a poor experience on many different levels, and > I'm wondering if there is any motivation for using it other than "it's free > and easy." If there is any interest in an alternative, I would be willing > to set up a discourse instance, if only temporarily, to see if people may > prefer that instead. It's much better suited for technical discussion as > it supports markdown and syntax highlighting, and is generally a much > better UX. > > If you haven't heard of discourse, you can get an idea of what it is by > checking out the rustlang forums: https://users.rust-lang.org/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
