"Jim Duffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Does anyone else here find the developer forum setup a bit lacking? > > For example, when I need to do a search for a technical issue while > developing, I am left with 2 mediocre options. > > I can search for relevant text in my newsreader application (Outlook). > this will work only for threads that I have on my local machine and if the > thread in not still on the server, I may only end up with the header and > not the message bodies. > > Or, I can search the forum archives through the eScribe site. I've found > this to be so painful lately I only use it as a last resort. Their search > capabilities are weak at best and if I do end up getting a match, I am > bombarded by loud banner ads. > > To mix things up some more, PalmOne has now added web based forums to the > PluggedIn program.. There work fine but now information is getting > segmented and scattered while I believe that most threads are based more > on generic Palm OS questions rather than specific ones for a given device > type. > > When I develop in Java, I can go to a single website (java.sun.com) - log > in and go to a set of web based forums that I can search with ease and get > answers quickly. This can be done from any computer without configuring a > newsreader program. When I work on site at certain client locations I can > usually read the newsgroup but I cannot post due to internal network > setups. > > Wouldn't it be nice if Palm developers had a single web based source for > exchanging technical info? > > Does anyone else feel as I do? Any way we can improve this. > > Jim
I personaly hate web based forums. I use Outlook Express as news reader and I allways keep all the posts loaded so its easy to search. I agree with you that eScribe is a pain and does not has a good search engine. I good web based search engine for the palmos forum would be great. -- Regis St-Gelais www.laubrass.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
