On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 11:39:20AM +0000, seventh guardian wrote: > Currently "fvwm lair" has a great forum, wich could be used for this. > This is my suggestion, please feel free to criticize (constructivelly > :p ). Cheers Renato Caldas
I was wondering when this subject was going to come up. Ironically (despite my numerous posts to the Fvwm Forum) I don't like forums -- they'r acsolutely useless in threading or ascertaining information quickly. The flow of conversation in a forum is diminished given the linear fashion in whicn each "thread" is presented to you. The only time one can track a conversation is if the reply also includes the quote from the last person -- a practice rarely employed by people that post to forums. But forums, like mailing lists, come down in their use only as personal preference. What benefits does a forum have to offer, over the current system of the two mailing lists we have at the moment? Those people that post to the forums get timely (and fairly accurate) advice, as do those that post to the mailing-lists. No one is losing out -- it just depends on one's preference. Now of course, you might argue that mailing-lists aren't as apparent at storing the answers -- and that you need to either be on the mailing-list to receive the reply, or at least search archives for it. This is true, although archives of the FVWM mailing-list are achived on the web. What would you do about fvwm-workers? You'd need this mailing-list -- it's much better suited as one as opposed to the forums. This is why I am trying hard to shunt most of the information that's currently on the forums over to the wiki -- there's already too much of a segregation between the two, that the balance needs to be readjusted. I want the wiki to work -- and it will do. It just needs some time. -- Thomas Adam -- I've been too honest with myself. I should have lied like everybody else.
