[MLO] Discussion on Annotated list of related resources
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[MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO?
As for example, today, I have 9 new messages ! The 7 first are on the first displayed page (having to look to New message under each topic), I discovered this one on the 4th page, and have still to look for the last one ! In french the word to be used for such Google group is brol ! I takes more time to search where the new posts are rather then reading them ! On 16 avr, 21:54, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I haven't fully investigated this but I think GetSatisfaction provides an RSS feed of new posts which it may be possible to download and review off line On Apr 8, 6:40 am, Arkadiusz Dąbkowski arkadiusz.dabkow...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. AD... read more On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Nick Clark nick.cl...@trilobeit.co.ukwrote: I'd prefer it to remain as an email forum so I can review messages during downtime while on the train/underground or just lounging around, rather than needing a full PC experience with internet connection. Nick Sent from my Windows Mobile(R) phone. -Original Message- From: Neal nschm...@gmail.com Sent: 05 April 2010 15:43 To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders Actually, otomo, you referenced the this forum is a mess thread where people were suggesting moving to a forum with folders. Your counter suggestion was to move just the Feature Requests to a service like Getsatisfaction. I liked that idea and tried to support it. Truth is I had thought about making that very same suggestion. If you just move the Feature Requests you can probably get away with just using the FREE service and don't need the extra features that you would have to pay for... Hey Richard, you said I would strongly support this to a thread that originally said it would be a good move for MLO to at least move its Feature Suggestions to a service likewww.getsatisfaction.com. It has been suggested in the past to move to Uservoice or GetSatisfaction. That hasn't really gotten anywhere. This suggestion was to start by just moving the Feature Suggestions to a service like UV or GS. I liked that approach and tried to support it. Just a thought here. If you guys want to gain support for your ideas you might want to NOT argue with the people who are trying to support your ideas On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:54 AM, otomo bernd.salew...@gmail.com wrote: I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... ;-) On 5 Apr., 03:16, Neal nschm...@gmail.com wrote: OK so I'm not sure why you are arguing with someone that is basically agreeing with you. For the record, my reference about folders was in relationship to the original post. Basically, concerning this forum is a mess and people suggesting that MLO move to a forum with folders. I was not suggesting GetSatisfaction used folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... On Apr 4, 3:20 pm, Richard Collings r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I think you ought to take a closer look at GetSatisfaction because it doesn't work in the way you describe - eg there is no concept of folders - and it has capabilities which address virtually all of your issues - indeed if effectively implements your two step idea! Firstly, it encourages people to start by asking questions and before you can post, it parses the question and looks for threads on the topics covered in the question and displays these before you can actually post. This works pretty well in my experience so the forum become an excellent place for people to ask questions. Secondly, it appears to have quite a powerful moderation facility - for example you can merge threads (which also deals with the misposting problems). I would also guess that the moderator can change a thread marked as an idea into a question. The combination of these two sets of capabilities turn it into a powerful tool because you don't get a proliferation of threads on the same topic. Certainly my experience of using it to find out about how Balsamiq worked was a very positive one - I was able to find answers to most of my questions very quickly in a way that would not have been possible had they been using a Google Group or a standard forum. Richard -Original Message- From: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com [mailto:mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Sent: 04 April 2010 5:48 p To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [MLO] getsatisfaction for MLO? I'm not a big fan of the idea to move to a forum simply
RE: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO?
I just sort by received date and all my new emails are at the top. They aren't grouped, but I can hold the context in my brain! Nick Sent from my Windows Mobile® phone. -Original Message- From: Dominique GEORGES dominique.geor...@gmail.com Sent: 18 April 2010 11:05 To: MyLifeOrganized mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? As for example, today, I have 9 new messages ! The 7 first are on the first displayed page (having to look to New message under each topic), I discovered this one on the 4th page, and have still to look for the last one ! In french the word to be used for such Google group is brol ! I takes more time to search where the new posts are rather then reading them ! On 16 avr, 21:54, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I haven't fully investigated this but I think GetSatisfaction provides an RSS feed of new posts which it may be possible to download and review off line On Apr 8, 6:40 am, Arkadiusz Dąbkowski arkadiusz.dabkow...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. AD... read more On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Nick Clark nick.cl...@trilobeit.co.ukwrote: I'd prefer it to remain as an email forum so I can review messages during downtime while on the train/underground or just lounging around, rather than needing a full PC experience with internet connection. Nick Sent from my Windows Mobile(R) phone. -Original Message- From: Neal nschm...@gmail.com Sent: 05 April 2010 15:43 To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders Actually, otomo, you referenced the this forum is a mess thread where people were suggesting moving to a forum with folders. Your counter suggestion was to move just the Feature Requests to a service like Getsatisfaction. I liked that idea and tried to support it. Truth is I had thought about making that very same suggestion. If you just move the Feature Requests you can probably get away with just using the FREE service and don't need the extra features that you would have to pay for... Hey Richard, you said I would strongly support this to a thread that originally said it would be a good move for MLO to at least move its Feature Suggestions to a service likewww.getsatisfaction.com. It has been suggested in the past to move to Uservoice or GetSatisfaction. That hasn't really gotten anywhere. This suggestion was to start by just moving the Feature Suggestions to a service like UV or GS. I liked that approach and tried to support it. Just a thought here. If you guys want to gain support for your ideas you might want to NOT argue with the people who are trying to support your ideas On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:54 AM, otomo bernd.salew...@gmail.com wrote: I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... ;-) On 5 Apr., 03:16, Neal nschm...@gmail.com wrote: OK so I'm not sure why you are arguing with someone that is basically agreeing with you. For the record, my reference about folders was in relationship to the original post. Basically, concerning this forum is a mess and people suggesting that MLO move to a forum with folders. I was not suggesting GetSatisfaction used folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... On Apr 4, 3:20 pm, Richard Collings r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I think you ought to take a closer look at GetSatisfaction because it doesn't work in the way you describe - eg there is no concept of folders - and it has capabilities which address virtually all of your issues - indeed if effectively implements your two step idea! Firstly, it encourages people to start by asking questions and before you can post, it parses the question and looks for threads on the topics covered in the question and displays these before you can actually post. This works pretty well in my experience so the forum become an excellent place for people to ask questions. Secondly, it appears to have quite a powerful moderation facility - for example you can merge threads (which also deals with the misposting problems). I would also guess that the moderator can change a thread marked as an idea into a question. The combination of these two sets of capabilities turn it into a powerful tool because you don't get a proliferation of threads on the same topic. Certainly my experience of using it to find out about how Balsamiq worked was a very positive one - I was able to find answers to most of my questions very quickly in a way that would not have been possible had they been using a
[MLO] Re: No Calendar view?
You listening Andrey? The lack of any positioning from you, regarding this calandar view, for probably 2 or so years, is discomforting... the resquest for this feature has existed as long as I have know about MLO - 2 or 3 years I guess - all the arguements for and against have been discussed many times, but all without any significant reply from you, the master designer... Regards, Grant On Feb 17, 5:41 pm, Gilles langenschei...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I did mean to ask if MLO was developped by a single person... but I'm also looking for a one-user application because I just don't need full-fledged tools like MSProject :-) Provided MLO sync reliably with Outlook, I guess I can use this to see MLO items that were scheduled as appointments, but I wish MLO would provide this so that I could finally get rid of Outlook :-/ I'm surprised there is still no good, desktop application that offers a treelist interface for tasks + contacts + calendar, and can sync with smartphones like iPhone and BlackBerry. On 17 fév, 15:58, Lisa Stroyan lstro...@gmail.com wrote: I think he means that it is designed for one person to use for their own tasks rather than as a team task-sharing tool, and yes, that is my understanding. I've found the Outlook integration to work very well. It's powerful (lots of control over how and what is mapped compared to most) and very reliable. I don't think Outlook has a calendar view either for tasks, only for appointments (but I have an old version, 2003) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
[MLO] Re: Feature Request: My Business Organised
I completely agree. Cannot stand anything made by Microsoft - Including the (currently only available to MLO) Windows OS's. Bring on the OSX version. However, adding a few extra features, such as a timeline view and a few other tabs in the To Do list view, would not change the software at all- simply add a few more useful features! :D On Apr 17, 7:22 pm, Michael Hopkins michael.hopk...@gmail.com wrote: I have to say this - the day MLO reminds me of MS Project in anyway is the day I look for something else. :p On Apr 16, 2:10 pm, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Excellent post! Too much to respond to but to pick up a couple of points Timeline: much requested and I have the sense that its in Andrey's sights now (but no promises) Better To Do tab: interesting thoughts. Agree re it being too much if you have a large backlog. Do you have some specific ideas here. (And are you aware of the auto formattting rules) which help. I use flags to mark stuff of particular importance and then customise To Do views to show just this info 'This man needs Project Management software' - agree completely. MLO has real potential as a lightweight personal planning tool. Not there yet but hang in my friend. Where are you based? Richard On Apr 16, 5:25 pm, Matt Jones glitchcen...@gmail.com wrote: At last! A program that quickly, methodically and simply lists and orders every aspect of my business- which I break down into tasks...great. I love most of the features (do not remove or change anything here).. Especially love activating the 'Project' function and the whole tree heirachy idea. Very simple, easy to use. I would like to post my five future improvements: 1) The 'Professional' version should be My Business Organised - slightly more complex project and business management tools and a smarter looking GUI (See Merlin 2/Microsoft Project for example)- Dashboards are nice! Improved views, such as a Timeline (linear) representation of my tasks spread over my suggested times to complete, Charts creation and other useful tools aimed at businesses. Additional 'Note' or 'Header/ Footer' tasks (simply used for referencing and annotating what you are working on) similar to html coding for example. 2)The ability to turn a piece of text within a task into a 'link' to the file in question on your hard drive (to easily open and reference it). Alternatively, Allowing the Notepad section in MLO to accept copy/pasted pictures and Word documents as well as HTML/website images and text, other than simply text. Means you can store more info regarding that task in one place. The Notepad should 'pop out' I think too- allowing you to fully reference and see the document as and when (a third view mode to the current two). 3) Mac OSX support - I am about to go Mac/ipod so would'nt be the same without MLO_Business. (iphone support needs to happen asap!!) Will MLO ever be made for Mac? (I love PC 4)Better ToDo Tab- A linear chart or mapper with the text labels attached for example (as a secondary to do/chart view). Way too many To-do tasks in a row for my project (over 900!)- need to somehow structure it better so it looks more fragmented/achievable! (like project software again, without menu after menu and manual reading) 5)More options regarding Folders/Tasks- such as a 'Master Project Folder' (could be a different colour and larger for example), which would help to separate the tasks from the projects, and visa versa. Goals (Aims), Master Project Folder (for say, an entire business output), (Projects (Objectives) -The major tasks, and sub tasks (Actions) etc. If anyone is thinking, that man needs Project Management Software instead- Listen up! I'd rather not have to learn a new program, or require anything that complicated. I like the quick, simple element to MLO and the way I plan my business. I am not a Project Manager either - I am developing a Social Enterprise in the Arts and kind of utilising MLO as a way to get my brain in gear and stay organised, achieving company outlines as quickly as I can. Thank you MLO makers!! - I really hope you give my ideas consideration. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[MLO] Re: Feature Request: My Business Organised
Hi Richard I am based in Winchester, UK. Where are you? Thanks for the reply- Regarding the To Do tab; I agree. A timeline would do it; (with text annotations) -the point being that you would not be taking anything away from users- simply offering them more graphical data and utility., and more useful view(s). In fact- that Tab Row upon the To Do list looks like another 5-6 useful tabs could go there- So add some simple project management features! I'd like a dashboard, with timeline and chart builders as a high priority!, information analysis/review, financial targets tools etc. I love the idea of the MLO system analysing and determining for me what I need to do first, in what order.Brilliant. - bit confused about where i should be adjusting sliders, or selecting dependancies appropriately that is slightly inhibiting my experience currently- so any advice you could give would be great.. Re the Project Management Software- I like your software being easier to learn than project management software- it looks how my brain works! Keep up the good work, thanks for creating it. Matt On Apr 16, 8:10 pm, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Excellent post! Too much to respond to but to pick up a couple of points Timeline: much requested and I have the sense that its in Andrey's sights now (but no promises) Better To Do tab: interesting thoughts. Agree re it being too much if you have a large backlog. Do you have some specific ideas here. (And are you aware of the auto formattting rules) which help. I use flags to mark stuff of particular importance and then customise To Do views to show just this info 'This man needs Project Management software' - agree completely. MLO has real potential as a lightweight personal planning tool. Not there yet but hang in my friend. Where are you based? Richard On Apr 16, 5:25 pm, Matt Jones glitchcen...@gmail.com wrote: At last! A program that quickly, methodically and simply lists and orders every aspect of my business- which I break down into tasks...great. I love most of the features (do not remove or change anything here).. Especially love activating the 'Project' function and the whole tree heirachy idea. Very simple, easy to use. I would like to post my five future improvements: 1) The 'Professional' version should be My Business Organised - slightly more complex project and business management tools and a smarter looking GUI (See Merlin 2/Microsoft Project for example)- Dashboards are nice! Improved views, such as a Timeline (linear) representation of my tasks spread over my suggested times to complete, Charts creation and other useful tools aimed at businesses. Additional 'Note' or 'Header/ Footer' tasks (simply used for referencing and annotating what you are working on) similar to html coding for example. 2)The ability to turn a piece of text within a task into a 'link' to the file in question on your hard drive (to easily open and reference it). Alternatively, Allowing the Notepad section in MLO to accept copy/pasted pictures and Word documents as well as HTML/website images and text, other than simply text. Means you can store more info regarding that task in one place. The Notepad should 'pop out' I think too- allowing you to fully reference and see the document as and when (a third view mode to the current two). 3) Mac OSX support - I am about to go Mac/ipod so would'nt be the same without MLO_Business. (iphone support needs to happen asap!!) Will MLO ever be made for Mac? (I love PC 4)Better ToDo Tab- A linear chart or mapper with the text labels attached for example (as a secondary to do/chart view). Way too many To-do tasks in a row for my project (over 900!)- need to somehow structure it better so it looks more fragmented/achievable! (like project software again, without menu after menu and manual reading) 5)More options regarding Folders/Tasks- such as a 'Master Project Folder' (could be a different colour and larger for example), which would help to separate the tasks from the projects, and visa versa. Goals (Aims), Master Project Folder (for say, an entire business output), (Projects (Objectives) -The major tasks, and sub tasks (Actions) etc. If anyone is thinking, that man needs Project Management Software instead- Listen up! I'd rather not have to learn a new program, or require anything that complicated. I like the quick, simple element to MLO and the way I plan my business. I am not a Project Manager either - I am developing a Social Enterprise in the Arts and kind of utilising MLO as a way to get my brain in gear and stay organised, achieving company outlines as quickly as I can. Thank you MLO makers!! - I really hope you give my ideas consideration. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group,
[MLO] Re: Feature Request: My Business Organised
Of course- Nice one Mike. Lets hope they get jpg, html and other web source pasting support next! Thanks. On Apr 16, 7:52 pm, Mike McCallister mike.mccallis...@pkware.com wrote: Matt, On #2: Have you discovered Insert Link to a File? Right-click in Task Notes, or Ctrl+Alt+F. This doesn't turn ordinary text into a link (as in HTML), but putting the link next to your text should work just as well. Hope this helps. Mike McCallister-Original Message- From: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com [mailto:mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt Jones Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:25 AM To: MyLifeOrganized Subject: [MLO] Feature Request: My Business Organised At last! A program that quickly, methodically and simply lists and orders every aspect of my business- which I break down into tasks...great. I love most of the features (do not remove or change anything here).. Especially love activating the 'Project' function and the whole tree heirachy idea. Very simple, easy to use. I would like to post my five future improvements: 1) The 'Professional' version should be My Business Organised - slightly more complex project and business management tools and a smarter looking GUI (See Merlin 2/Microsoft Project for example)- Dashboards are nice! Improved views, such as a Timeline (linear) representation of my tasks spread over my suggested times to complete, Charts creation and other useful tools aimed at businesses. Additional 'Note' or 'Header/ Footer' tasks (simply used for referencing and annotating what you are working on) similar to html coding for example. 2)The ability to turn a piece of text within a task into a 'link' to the file in question on your hard drive (to easily open and reference it). Alternatively, Allowing the Notepad section in MLO to accept copy/pasted pictures and Word documents as well as HTML/website images and text, other than simply text. Means you can store more info regarding that task in one place. The Notepad should 'pop out' I think too- allowing you to fully reference and see the document as and when (a third view mode to the current two). 3) Mac OSX support - I am about to go Mac/ipod so would'nt be the same without MLO_Business. (iphone support needs to happen asap!!) Will MLO ever be made for Mac? (I love PC 4)Better ToDo Tab- A linear chart or mapper with the text labels attached for example (as a secondary to do/chart view). Way too many To-do tasks in a row for my project (over 900!)- need to somehow structure it better so it looks more fragmented/achievable! (like project software again, without menu after menu and manual reading) 5)More options regarding Folders/Tasks- such as a 'Master Project Folder' (could be a different colour and larger for example), which would help to separate the tasks from the projects, and visa versa. Goals (Aims), Master Project Folder (for say, an entire business output), (Projects (Objectives) -The major tasks, and sub tasks (Actions) etc. If anyone is thinking, that man needs Project Management Software instead- Listen up! I'd rather not have to learn a new program, or require anything that complicated. I like the quick, simple element to MLO and the way I plan my business. I am not a Project Manager either - I am developing a Social Enterprise in the Arts and kind of utilising MLO as a way to get my brain in gear and stay organised, achieving company outlines as quickly as I can. Thank you MLO makers!! - I really hope you give my ideas consideration. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MyLifeOrganized group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
RE: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO?
I rarely read email at the PC, usually on a mobile. Nick Sent from my HTC -Original Message- From: Dominique GEORGES dominique.geor...@gmail.com Sent: 18 April 2010 1:52 PM To: MyLifeOrganized mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? I'm using the group page http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized/browse_frm/thread/1e25a30d49604d2d not reading via my mails ! And THAT is a nightmare ! On 18 avr, 14:45, Nick Clark nick.cl...@trilobeit.co.uk wrote: I just sort by received date and all my new emails are at the top. They aren't grouped, but I can hold the context in my brain! Nick Sent from my Windows Mobile® phone. -Original Message- From: Dominique GEORGES dominique.geor...@gmail.com Sent: 18 April 2010 11:05 To: MyLifeOrganized mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? As for example, today, I have 9 new messages ! The 7 first are on the first displayed page (having to look to New message under each topic), I discovered this one on the 4th page, and have still to look for the last one ! In french the word to be used for such Google group is brol ! I takes more time to search where the new posts are rather then reading them ! On 16 avr, 21:54, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I haven't fully investigated this but I think GetSatisfaction provides an RSS feed of new posts which it may be possible to download and review off line On Apr 8, 6:40 am, Arkadiusz Dąbkowski arkadiusz.dabkow...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. AD... read more On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Nick Clark nick.cl...@trilobeit.co.ukwrote: I'd prefer it to remain as an email forum so I can review messages during downtime while on the train/underground or just lounging around, rather than needing a full PC experience with internet connection. Nick Sent from my Windows Mobile(R) phone. -Original Message- From: Neal nschm...@gmail.com Sent: 05 April 2010 15:43 To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders Actually, otomo, you referenced the this forum is a mess thread where people were suggesting moving to a forum with folders. Your counter suggestion was to move just the Feature Requests to a service like Getsatisfaction. I liked that idea and tried to support it. Truth is I had thought about making that very same suggestion. If you just move the Feature Requests you can probably get away with just using the FREE service and don't need the extra features that you would have to pay for... Hey Richard, you said I would strongly support this to a thread that originally said it would be a good move for MLO to at least move its Feature Suggestions to a service likewww.getsatisfaction.com. It has been suggested in the past to move to Uservoice or GetSatisfaction. That hasn't really gotten anywhere. This suggestion was to start by just moving the Feature Suggestions to a service like UV or GS. I liked that approach and tried to support it. Just a thought here. If you guys want to gain support for your ideas you might want to NOT argue with the people who are trying to support your ideas On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:54 AM, otomo bernd.salew...@gmail.com wrote: I did not suggest moving to a forum with folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... ;-) On 5 Apr., 03:16, Neal nschm...@gmail.com wrote: OK so I'm not sure why you are arguing with someone that is basically agreeing with you. For the record, my reference about folders was in relationship to the original post. Basically, concerning this forum is a mess and people suggesting that MLO move to a forum with folders. I was not suggesting GetSatisfaction used folders. You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... On Apr 4, 3:20 pm, Richard Collings r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I think you ought to take a closer look at GetSatisfaction because it doesn't work in the way you describe - eg there is no concept of folders - and it has capabilities which address virtually all of your issues - indeed if effectively implements your two step idea! Firstly, it encourages people to start by asking questions and before you can post, it parses the question and looks for threads on the topics covered in the question and displays these before you can actually post. This works pretty well in my experience so the forum become an excellent place for people to ask questions. Secondly, it appears to have quite a powerful moderation facility -
