Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0
Hi Josh, Wow, a new Space Invader's game built into DoItWrite! I had to laugh when I read, Rated 9+ for the following: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Maybe they are commenting on the smart-alicky and menacing voice that accompanies the game. It almost sounds like the same Bowl-Ing-Ball voice from Ten Pin Alley. To make the game more difficult, how about dropping two or three different letters at the same time? You would hear, G., K., G. K. G, K, G K GK boom. smiles, Phil - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Bought the game earlier and wow it is very good indeed. This will certainly challenge me when learning to handwrite. I can handwrite after being encouraged to at school but it's squiggly at best. Also drawing on the screen is something relatively new to most of us I think. Well done guys and keep it up! E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 17/11/2013 15:38, dark wrote: Wow, sounds like a good and interesting thing, people always say my signature looks chinese, it'll be interesting to see if this improves it. Is there an audio podcast or demonstration that people could have a listen to before trying the game? All the best, Drk. - Original Message - From: Draconis i...@dracoent.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:42 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Greetings gamers, We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of our first application for iOS! DoItWrite is an educational tool and game to teach visually impaired users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader how to draw printed letters and numbers for use with VoiceOver's handwriting feature in iOS 7. Learn to draw lowercase letters, uppercase letters;;, and numbers for use with iOS 7's VoiceOver handwriting feature! This app is primarily intended for the blind or visually impaired, teachers or instructors of same, and other users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader. Many blind or visually impaired people are not familiar with the shapes of printed letters or numbers. DoItWrite teaches you how to draw them in a simple way that has the best chance of being correctly recognized by VoiceOver, even if you have never learned the shapes of the characters previously. Once you get them down, practice your speed and accuracy with a fun game to blast characters as they tumble down the screen! * Learn how to activate the VoiceOver handwriting feature in iOS 7 * Learn how to draw lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as numbers in a simple and accurate way. * Practice your newly acquired skills by blasting letters and numbers as they tumble down the screen. * Use the app to improve your onscreen typing skills by using the keyboard during game play. * Automatic feedback and coach via audio queues and speech output. * DoItWrite automatically detects when VoiceOver is not running, and permits the tutorial to be browsed with the onscreen keyboard. Great for sighted teachers and tutors! * Share your game scores with others. * Many ways to customize your learning experience. DoItWrite is available on the iOS App Store for $1.99 USD. (Prices will vary for your local currency.) http://appstore.com/doitwrite For more information, visit us online at http://DracoEnt.com Happy gaming. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. - No virus found in this message.
Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0
Hi Phil, Yeah, on the rating thing…we always fill out the rating form on the conservative side for the Apple App Stores. Multi character attacks might be something we could look into for a future update. We’re very proud to have the Draconis Engine included in shipping products across all three target platforms now. Much more in the works. On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:59 AM, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Hi Josh, Wow, a new Space Invader's game built into DoItWrite! I had to laugh when I read, Rated 9+ for the following: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Maybe they are commenting on the smart-alicky and menacing voice that accompanies the game. It almost sounds like the same Bowl-Ing-Ball voice from Ten Pin Alley. To make the game more difficult, how about dropping two or three different letters at the same time? You would hear, G., K., G. K. G, K, G K GK boom. smiles, Phil - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Bought the game earlier and wow it is very good indeed. This will certainly challenge me when learning to handwrite. I can handwrite after being encouraged to at school but it's squiggly at best. Also drawing on the screen is something relatively new to most of us I think. Well done guys and keep it up! E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 17/11/2013 15:38, dark wrote: Wow, sounds like a good and interesting thing, people always say my signature looks chinese, it'll be interesting to see if this improves it. Is there an audio podcast or demonstration that people could have a listen to before trying the game? All the best, Drk. - Original Message - From: Draconis i...@dracoent.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:42 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Greetings gamers, We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of our first application for iOS! DoItWrite is an educational tool and game to teach visually impaired users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader how to draw printed letters and numbers for use with VoiceOver's handwriting feature in iOS 7. Learn to draw lowercase letters, uppercase letters;;, and numbers for use with iOS 7's VoiceOver handwriting feature! This app is primarily intended for the blind or visually impaired, teachers or instructors of same, and other users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader. Many blind or visually impaired people are not familiar with the shapes of printed letters or numbers. DoItWrite teaches you how to draw them in a simple way that has the best chance of being correctly recognized by VoiceOver, even if you have never learned the shapes of the characters previously. Once you get them down, practice your speed and accuracy with a fun game to blast characters as they tumble down the screen! * Learn how to activate the VoiceOver handwriting feature in iOS 7 * Learn how to draw lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as numbers in a simple and accurate way. * Practice your newly acquired skills by blasting letters and numbers as they tumble down the screen. * Use the app to improve your onscreen typing skills by using the keyboard during game play. * Automatic feedback and coach via audio queues and speech output. * DoItWrite automatically detects when VoiceOver is not running, and permits the tutorial to be browsed with the onscreen keyboard. Great for sighted teachers and tutors! * Share your game scores with others. * Many ways to customize your learning experience. DoItWrite is available on the iOS App Store for $1.99 USD. (Prices will vary for your local currency.) http://appstore.com/doitwrite For more information, visit us online at http://DracoEnt.com Happy gaming. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0
Hi Josh, To encourage the little kids to buy the app, maybe you need to be more descriptive: Rated 9+ for the following: Intense Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy sequences of violence to numbers and letters, heart stopping falling character action, some frightening sound effects, and suggestive letters such as f and x. - Original Message - From: Draconis i...@dracoent.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Hi Phil, Yeah, on the rating thing…we always fill out the rating form on the conservative side for the Apple App Stores. Multi character attacks might be something we could look into for a future update. We’re very proud to have the Draconis Engine included in shipping products across all three target platforms now. Much more in the works. On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:59 AM, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Hi Josh, Wow, a new Space Invader's game built into DoItWrite! I had to laugh when I read, Rated 9+ for the following: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Maybe they are commenting on the smart-alicky and menacing voice that accompanies the game. It almost sounds like the same Bowl-Ing-Ball voice from Ten Pin Alley. To make the game more difficult, how about dropping two or three different letters at the same time? You would hear, G., K., G. K. G, K, G K GK boom. smiles, Phil - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Bought the game earlier and wow it is very good indeed. This will certainly challenge me when learning to handwrite. I can handwrite after being encouraged to at school but it's squiggly at best. Also drawing on the screen is something relatively new to most of us I think. Well done guys and keep it up! E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 17/11/2013 15:38, dark wrote: Wow, sounds like a good and interesting thing, people always say my signature looks chinese, it'll be interesting to see if this improves it. Is there an audio podcast or demonstration that people could have a listen to before trying the game? All the best, Drk. - Original Message - From: Draconis i...@dracoent.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:42 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Draconis Releases DoItWrite 1.0 Greetings gamers, We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of our first application for iOS! DoItWrite is an educational tool and game to teach visually impaired users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader how to draw printed letters and numbers for use with VoiceOver's handwriting feature in iOS 7. Learn to draw lowercase letters, uppercase letters;;, and numbers for use with iOS 7's VoiceOver handwriting feature! This app is primarily intended for the blind or visually impaired, teachers or instructors of same, and other users of iOS 7's VoiceOver screen reader. Many blind or visually impaired people are not familiar with the shapes of printed letters or numbers. DoItWrite teaches you how to draw them in a simple way that has the best chance of being correctly recognized by VoiceOver, even if you have never learned the shapes of the characters previously. Once you get them down, practice your speed and accuracy with a fun game to blast characters as they tumble down the screen! * Learn how to activate the VoiceOver handwriting feature in iOS 7 * Learn how to draw lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as numbers in a simple and accurate way. * Practice your newly acquired skills by blasting letters and numbers as they tumble down the screen. * Use the app to improve your onscreen typing skills by using the keyboard during game play. * Automatic feedback and coach via audio queues and speech output. * DoItWrite automatically detects when VoiceOver is not running, and permits the tutorial to be browsed with the onscreen keyboard. Great for sighted teachers and tutors! * Share your game scores with others. * Many ways to customize your learning experience. DoItWrite is available on the iOS App Store for $1.99 USD. (Prices will vary for your local currency.) http://appstore.com/doitwrite For more information, visit us online at http://DracoEnt.com Happy gaming. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you
[Audyssey] adult games
Hello everyone, Lately, I have found myself playing flexible Survival, the mud. It has a theme that I greatly enjoy--post-apocalypse with many darker, more adult themes. I would like to find more games like this. I know that there is one called Coruption of Champions, but it didn't seem accessible from the outset. It is a game that is played in flash via the internet, and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get it to start. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. I much prefer intricate, more involved games where strategy is involved. I like the idea of building societies just as much as I like the idea of being able to rule them using some of those darker-edged themes. Thank you. Meka --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] adult games
That mud sounds good, can I have the details? Lindsay Cowell. -original message- Subject: [Audyssey] adult games From: Meka White, LMP m...@melodicmassage.com Date: 19/11/2013 2:08 am Hello everyone, Lately, I have found myself playing flexible Survival, the mud. It has a theme that I greatly enjoy--post-apocalypse with many darker, more adult themes. I would like to find more games like this. I know that there is one called Coruption of Champions, but it didn't seem accessible from the outset. It is a game that is played in flash via the internet, and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get it to start. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. I much prefer intricate, more involved games where strategy is involved. I like the idea of building societies just as much as I like the idea of being able to rule them using some of those darker-edged themes. Thank you. Meka --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] adult games
I really like Flexible Survival. I know there's a mud called Hellmoo, but I don't really know much about it. It's something I keep meaning to look into. Shannon On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Meka White, LMP m...@melodicmassage.com wrote: Hello everyone, Lately, I have found myself playing flexible Survival, the mud. It has a theme that I greatly enjoy--post-apocalypse with many darker, more adult themes. I would like to find more games like this. I know that there is one called Coruption of Champions, but it didn't seem accessible from the outset. It is a game that is played in flash via the internet, and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get it to start. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. I much prefer intricate, more involved games where strategy is involved. I like the idea of building societies just as much as I like the idea of being able to rule them using some of those darker-edged themes. Thank you. Meka --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re:ModeratorImportantMessage
A billion friend requests? Oo Dark, I'm jealous! lol Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . Also, check out, The Believer and Skeptic Show, at iTunes! If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re:ModeratorImportantMessage Hi charlse. That might be true, but it just seems facebook is used far more for that sort of thing than E-mail, and also, when I last tried it, where as E-mail you can filter out the rubbish, faceiook your just shown a hole slue of things, most of which is! garbage, or at least trivia your probably not interested in unless your casually friends with that person in real life and care about their everyday existance or are interested in that subject. of course for sighted people who can skim read at a greater rate and thus can take in information quickly, acebook having a scattered interface matters less, but I found myself having to waid through aa bazillion friend requests and post from people about what time they get up before I found something interesting was quite a pest. All the best, Dark. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: ModeratorImportantMessage As for the fact that you get messages from people that they just woke up and stuff like that, I blame that on the authors, not the method of communication. Just like when people send garbage Emails, it's not the fault of the Email client. It's the fault of the sender. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator ImportantMessage Well #Charlse, much as with forums and mail, twitter and facebook have their own bennifits and flaws. I personally really dislike facebooks' interface and the fact that it runs slowly on any machine I've tried it on. I also dislike the fact it throws so much information at me, most of which I don't want such as suggested contacts or friend requests or the like, not to mention all those people who just write on facebook about what they've had for breakfast or whatever which unfortunately you still! have to see lots of ieven if you don't want to. Twitter I've never tried but I look on a bit more favourably since you can at least just recieve what tweets you want, however your still limited in size of tweet and what you do with it, and the fact that twitter comes in when you don't necessarily want rather than forum or mails which you can check when you wish or not when you don't. I'll also say for actual formal communications E-mails are great. They come automatically with time and date, and you can attach things to them, indeed I communicate with my university, both in terms of having mails of what's going on and in terms of submitting my thesis or communicating with my department entirely! through E-mail, as does my brothers' law firm, so all these things have a use depending upon what you want from them and what your personal likes or dislikes are. All the best, Drk. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:52 PM Subject: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator Important Message I know someone who was exclusively using Twitter and Facebook. He did not use Email because, quote, It is old fashioned and obsolete. You should get with the times., end quote. He wanted to have someone play some of his recordings in an Internet chat room for people to hear. Nobody could receive the files because nobody used Facebook or Twitter. He complained because he could not send them to anyone, and, finally, after this went on for about 6 months every week, he set up an Email account. Whether it might seem obsolete to the younger crowd, it is accessible to everyone, so is not something that should be done away with just because it has been around for a long time. What works works, and if it does work, don't discard it. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Important Message Hi Tom. Well I know people do comment about mailing lists being old fashioned, but actually there are still
Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator ImportantMessage
Hey Dark, email can be just about as bad as Facebook. Case and point: i know you own grues, and I know it's your grues that have been spamming me. Tell them to stop it lol. Anyway, Facebook is terrible unless you either use the mobile version or the iOS app. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . Also, check out, The Believer and Skeptic Show, at iTunes! If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator ImportantMessage Well #Charlse, much as with forums and mail, twitter and facebook have their own bennifits and flaws. I personally really dislike facebooks' interface and the fact that it runs slowly on any machine I've tried it on. I also dislike the fact it throws so much information at me, most of which I don't want such as suggested contacts or friend requests or the like, not to mention all those people who just write on facebook about what they've had for breakfast or whatever which unfortunately you still! have to see lots of ieven if you don't want to. Twitter I've never tried but I look on a bit more favourably since you can at least just recieve what tweets you want, however your still limited in size of tweet and what you do with it, and the fact that twitter comes in when you don't necessarily want rather than forum or mails which you can check when you wish or not when you don't. I'll also say for actual formal communications E-mails are great. They come automatically with time and date, and you can attach things to them, indeed I communicate with my university, both in terms of having mails of what's going on and in terms of submitting my thesis or communicating with my department entirely! through E-mail, as does my brothers' law firm, so all these things have a use depending upon what you want from them and what your personal likes or dislikes are. All the best, Drk. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:52 PM Subject: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator Important Message I know someone who was exclusively using Twitter and Facebook. He did not use Email because, quote, It is old fashioned and obsolete. You should get with the times., end quote. He wanted to have someone play some of his recordings in an Internet chat room for people to hear. Nobody could receive the files because nobody used Facebook or Twitter. He complained because he could not send them to anyone, and, finally, after this went on for about 6 months every week, he set up an Email account. Whether it might seem obsolete to the younger crowd, it is accessible to everyone, so is not something that should be done away with just because it has been around for a long time. What works works, and if it does work, don't discard it. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Important Message Hi Tom. Well I know people do comment about mailing lists being old fashioned, but actually there are still lots of them around and likely to be more considdering that people now get E-mail on their tablets, phones, even tvs, heck, there are still! some very well established newsgroups out there, it's all about choice hwich is why I'm in favour of keeping the mailing list open. if google groups is no longer workable (I admit it's been a while since I looked into their interface), then another system might work, though obviously that's a matter for those who run the list to decide upon since it's yourself and the other mods who must deal with the interface and admin console. Indeed, this is a major difference between mailing lists and forums, different forums can change access dramatically, and I've seen everything from very accessible systems like Punbb, (which audiogames.net uses), to all sorts of silly things such as proboards or even custom built systems. Forums really can change in access and usability as much as web pages can, where as a mailing list just gives out E-mails to members and it's accessibility is thus entirely dependent upon a members' E-mail client, which again is a major advantage. All the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All
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Cool. I've joined the list, and I know it'll help keep me up to date with the forum. Thanks! Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . Also, check out, The Believer and Skeptic Show, at iTunes! If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . - Original Message - From: Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Important Message Mailing lists and forums are just different, and serve different purposes. While I can confidently claim to prefer mailing lists for lots of technical reasons, and have on more than one occasion in the past declared my hatred of forums on this list, I strongly suggest people actually have a good poke around on forum.audiogames.net before dismissing the idea. It really is a nice, well-managed forum that is light on bloat, and in fact is very friendly to javascriptless, mobile browsers including most blindness note-takers. It's a great place to hang out when I have the time, and in fact I generally prefer to catch up there, due to the archival and organisational properties that are inherent to the forum. I have also set up a list specifically to reflect the forum postings back to me in email, so that I can follow in my email clients, which is very quick and convenient; once you've logged in at the forum, just click the link to reply to each incoming message, and you wouldn't notice you were using a forum at all. That list, for those who want the same treatment, is at: http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector The main advantages of a mailing list are choices of email client, easy cross-participation in multiple lists, speed for the user in receiving and sending messages and robustness of the discussion against downtime or censorship. This latter is sadly less and less true as more people move to Google Groups or whatever, and also due to the spam filters of various brain-dead providers. The main advantages of a forum are generally better etiquette (especially where blindness lists are concerned, I find), intuitive archival and organisation of threads, centralised features such as voting or editing of posts, and a much lower curve to discovery and participation which leads to a broader base of contributions and a somewhat more relaxed attitude to off-topic discussion and community. Which one you prefer, or whether you prefer both, is so much about preference that trying to decide which is Better is unlikely to produce a useful conclusion for everybody. I also need to point out that some software now has the ability to gateway natively to mailing lists, which would mean that if people liked the interface, it would certainly be possible to support both forum and list simultaneously. Mozilla does this, offering NNTP, email and HTTP access to discussions, and it seems to work for them. HTH. Cheers, Sabahattin --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
