The Elixir forum (which has an Elm section if anyone wants to give it a try) has resolved its mailing list oddities fairly well now and can be used 'as' a mailing list in addition to a forum, so it satisfies both sides quite well now. An Elm Forum could do the same.
On Friday, November 25, 2016 at 3:54:17 PM UTC-7, Juan Soto wrote: > > In Elixir, we moved to a Discourse forum. Works pretty well though I > assume there was some kickback by people who like mailing lists but in > general people are happy. > > On Friday, November 25, 2016 at 3:45:33 PM UTC-5, W. Brian Gourlie wrote: >> >> 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]>: >>> >>> 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]. >>> 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.
