Same here. I read the emails daily. A forum that emails as well, is a better option. Hell, I¹d even be willing to setup something on my colo if it would help out. John would have all the control he needs.
Thanks Steffan --------------------------------------------------------------- T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4 Steffan A. Cline stef...@execuchoice.net Phoenix, Az http://www.ExecuChoice.net USA AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309 YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : stef...@hldns.com GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member --------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> Organization: White Stone Media Reply-To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:31:38 -0500 To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: [jQuery] New Forums But isn¹t it possible to ³have our cake and eat it, too² in this situation? I¹m a member of the CF-Talk (ColdFusion) group and we use both a mailing list and an online system. (I¹m hesitant to call the online system a ³forum² because it may not fit the accepted definition of a forum). However, people can go online and use the system for reading the mail and search the archives, or they can just use their email for the same messages, as I do. The main difference between the two, I think, is that House of Fusion runs their own servers and software, whereas, it looks like John is outsourcing that work, which is understandable. But there out to be a solution that provides both forum and email solutions simultaneously. Surely, if someone chooses it, there is an option to send all messages to someone¹s email address and not just messages from particular threads. Perhaps John, et al, should go over to www.HouseOfFusion.com <http://www.HouseOfFusion.com> and see how it¹s being doing there and discuss this issue with those that control the CF-Talk list, as well as the other lists that are present, such as CF-Newbie. (I¹ve always thought and have suggested that a jQuery-Newbie list would be of great benefit to the jQuery community to separate the beginner questions from the advanced side of things. I just know, that as busy as I am, I won¹t have time or the desire to visit a forum constantly and check what people are posting. I do read people¹s posts and even if I don¹t know the answer, I read responses to learn and help when I can. I have to be in my email constantly for client communications and taking the jQuery list out of my central area of communications (email) is going to kill my participation in the jQuery list, unfortunately. Rick From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karl Swedberg Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:30 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [jQuery] New Forums On Jan 21, 2010, at 8:11 PM, brian wrote: FWIW, I'm pretty sure the decision to drop Google Groups is due to John Ressig's account being spoofed by spammers. No, that's not it. Okay, maybe it was one of the last straws, but we've been talking about moving to a forum for a couple years now. If you want to know what factors were involved in the decision, please read http://jquery14.com/day-07/new-jquery-forum/ To be honest, I've never been a fan of forums, either. But after spending some time in the jQuery forum, I'm starting to appreciate its advantages over a plain mailing list. I wish there were a solution out there that is ideal for everyone. Unfortunately, though, every solution comes with its own set of compromises. --Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com <http://www.englishrules.com> www.learningjquery.com <http://www.learningjquery.com>
