Well on second thought, I suppose Altme is not the best solution either. What we need is a cross between the two - the strength of the Altme is its realtime action - where we can see whos logged on and we need the strength of the forum where we can moderate it so that there is archive searchable database with sticky threads at the top of the list for newbies to find quick access to help.
Paul Tretter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Cunliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Forum Name > > > > Yeah I agree. I wouldn't want to fracture the community much more at > this > > > point. I do think Altme serves a great purpose. > > > > Problem with AltMe is it nature - it is great when comes to (rather small > > IMO) group cooperation in making something - but fails, when someone new > > comes in. > > No archive - and even archive is provided, it will be one-long page to > > dig-in. > > I agree. AltME is good for live relatively intimate discussions, when one > is keeping up daily, and swimming energetically in the stream. But its > structure, archive interface, import/export, formatting, linking and any > modern re-usable google access leave much to be desired. > > If it were openSource then it would be much easier for REbolers to > contribute to its developement. Kind of ironic since AltME is 'free', and > that precisely this sort of fast extensibility is one of the jopbs Rebol is > supposed to be good at. > > - Jason > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.553 / Virus Database: 345 - Release Date: 12/18/2003 -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
