Have you tried the Google Groups search function? It's a change in mindset, but
that's Google's strength. I think it more than makes up for the categorization,
which is confusing on the forums anyway. The distinction between
'Troubleshooting' and 'Support' categories, for instance. Or is my problem with
some code a result of a bug ('Development') or just me doing something wrong
('Troubleshooting')?And my main point is still the lack of attention. On the first page I see 7 posts with no responses (out of 30). That's not the kind of support I think any of us wants to provide. If someone can give me a meaningful way we can address that, whether it meets the actual features desired for a forum or not, I'll consider the matter settled. On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Randy Walker wrote: > I find that most mailing lists have web interfaces as an afterthought. Forums > are usually have better features for categorizing/organizing new topics and > for navigating existing topics. > > > On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > >> Can you illustrate the reasons you find a separately-maintained forum in any >> way superior to using the Google groups web interface? To me it is >> identical: read previous messages in a given thread and post responses or >> start a new thread. >> >> On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Randy Walker wrote: >> >>> I prefer forums to a mailing list, usually. The Habari Forums have had sort >>> of a circular problem: >>> >>> 1) People would use them more if they didn't have to set up a separate >>> account from trac/wiki. >>> >>> 2) Nobody uses the forums so why bother set up login integration? >>> >>> Also, the software powering the forums itself was an issue. I don't recall >>> any of the people who were initially for the forums being in favor of >>> Vanilla--it just got thrown up (heh?) as a stop-gap measure. This is also >>> partly the reason why there is no login integration. >>> >>> I am +1 for migrating from the current forum solution but -1 for >>> eliminating the forums altogether. >>> >>> If we had integrated login, that'd be one hurdle leapt. >>> >>> ~Randy >>> >>> P.S. Also, Google Groups is doing away with Welcome Messages, Pages, and >>> Files soon. >>> >>> -- >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev >> > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
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