And I've been to the mooforum, and nabble. It's not bad. Paradigm shift, old dog, new tricks, etc. It is something everyone can migrate to.
This isn't, and I stress, IS NOT a code, forum or groups issue. It is an attitude problem. Plain and simple. On Sep 17, 5:30 am, Tom Occhino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Nathan and Guillermo. > > It seems it's hard for the others to realize that the code is what's > important, and I feel like no matter what we do or say, it will never > be good enough for some. I am certain this topic is long from dead, > and i will have to address 'when are the forums coming back' at least > 25 more times in the next 6 months. Oh well, such is life... > > - Tom > > On Sep 17, 2008, at 5:48 AM, Nathan White wrote: > > > > > Wake up people! Its evolution. The forum was too accessible, way too > > many script kiddies asking for help when they had no proper > > foundation in javascript removing precious resources from mootools. > > Tom posted earlier how he likes the direction of the site and how it > > caters to developers. Let's respect that. > > > If its so bad look at the other frameworks. Jquery and Prototype use > > google groups. > > > Yes we all get email but there are ways to manage it. I love having > > the discussions this way, I am more on top of what is going on with > > less effort. The only thing I could possibly see down the road is > > having multiple mail lists. > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Jeremy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " the elite > > don't care about the people. > > > And seriously, a happyface at the end of an email doesn't hide the > > elitist attitude the spews from the mootools crew. All hail mootools > > they hath spoken. (sorry for sandbagging all the nice ones)" ... > > > this is just stupid bullshit at this point ... elite ... elitist... > > > come on ... > > > :) > > Jeremy > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Guillermo Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Solutions to your problem: > > - If you get too much correspondence: Abridged / Digest subscription > > type of Google Groups > > - If you don't like what Google Groups looks like: Nabble (forums- > > like interface to a mailing list) > > - If you want a full-fledged bulletin board: Mooforum > > > Enough has been said on this topic. Let's move on > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:57 PM, tombmedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Valerio, > > > I'd just like to maybe inject this one little thought. What happens if > > we don't subscribe to the mailing list and come to the actual groups > > webpage to find help or new information. That is the advantage of a > > forum and the pain a lot of people are facing when coming here for the > > first time. It took me a while to think about joining, but after a > > while I stopped the email being sent to me. I get enough email, as I'm > > sure everyone else on the internet can attest to. > > > That is why when I continue to ask about the state of things and I get > > answers like just setup a filter I wonder if you guys really > > understand peoples issues. > > > If anyone out there wants to take the mootools code and make a > > commercial product out of it, so that I can pay for better support > > than mootools provides, please do so. I know a lot of people who > > would. At this point mootools seems as viable as wall street. Sure its > > got a solid foundation, but take a look at what happens when the elite > > don't care about the people. > > > And seriously, a happyface at the end of an email doesn't hide the > > elitist attitude the spews from the mootools crew. All hail mootools > > they hath spoken. (sorry for sandbagging all the nice ones) > > > -- > > Guillermo Rauch > >http://devthought.com
