>> i'm kinda new to mail-discussion... damn this stuff look like coming >> from an another century !! maybe the 20th ? (no offense i bet lots you >> guys have probably successfully used this tool in the past decades in >> lots of projects) >> >> why not use a plugin as mozilla did with : >> https://firefox.uservoice.com/forums/57440-firefox-4-beta looks great, >> looks clean, looks simple, looks handle-able VS mail archives & >> discussion that looks so awfully old-fashioned plain... with that kind >> of tool the project would get better inputs from the future-user & >> contributors... and then better & easier guidance to the output !! > > Do you offer to setup and host a web forum, and want all us subscribed > to this list to also/instead join that other one when you get it ready? > > Or do you want us all to use that actual Mozilla forum instead of Debian > as host for this virtual development gathering? > > Or what do you mean?
the OR solution which is a bit of your 1st thing and 2nd thing: As far i as understood it : "uservoice.com" is a business web host not affiliated with Mozilla, so it is not a Mozilla.org foundation forum, seems like Mozilla outsourced this forum/user feedback to "uservoice.com". freedombox project use the service : lists.alioth.debian.org i'm sure there are good reasons for that (free service thanks to debian.org, SW/project contributors veterans user are used to do it this way, freedombox project would be built upon debian OS, etc... all reasons are fine by me!) I was just pointing out the old-fashioned style it is... and i discovered with FF4 that even mozilla has outsourced their forum/feedback... so I was wondering why not using a nice/efficient/clean interface for forum/discussion/feedback such as "uservoice.com" provide ? my suggestion is not just to have a good looking interface (even if i believe it could motivate people to join the group & enjoy the group dynamics), it is primarily to increase the group efficiency and the group awareness of the group itself. let me put my lawyer dress and advocate a bit : 1-mailing list : pros : it worked, it works for sure, everyone got an email address cons : a topic is usually discussed within a few people, the topic might be read by everyone, each person might have a quick opinion or a thought on it "agree" / "disagree" but the mailing system makes that if you have 400 persons giving their opinion on the topic you'll get 400 mails... unbearable unmanageable !! still the 3-5 people most interested/involved in discussing the topic may like to know how others in the group feel about the idea, the feature, or whatever... 2-a uservoice-like system : pros : it is possible for everyone in the group to quickly put a thumb up, thumb down with a few comments if they want, so we get the group feeling about this idea, this feature, or whatever topic... giving the topic/thread a life on his own... not just 3-5 contributors which dares to discuss together. A topic/thread might this way have a better visibility & energy focus of the group, which is real important to turn a discussion into concrete actions. cons : fairly new stuff, outsourced (could be a pro too), probably not for free, need all users to switch from old system to the new one... 3- Q : using the 2 at the same time ? pros : you have the choice no dictatorship ! cons : the group energy might be spread here and there, one topic here, another one there... i mean most people have 2 eyes, still most people can only watch 1 movie at the time! keep it simple & efficient and 1st of all : keep it toward success! brice --------------------------- damn! knowing the whole list 400+ kind & hot looking people, might read this mail, make me wonder if my english is readable, and if i'm not trolling 400+ mailboxes! _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
