Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 19.06.2008 um 10:52 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I think the right way is to register openmoko mailing list at > something like Nabble. > This way we will not separate forum and mailing list users. If someone IMHO they are already separated by different expectations that are simply not ful

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-19 Thread Peter Nijs
Op Thursday 19 June 2008 08:40:58 schreef Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > Am 18.06.2008 um 21:08 schrieb Stroller: > > On 18 Jun 2008, at 12:45, Ewan Marshall wrote: > >> ... > >> Also how do you get unread message notification on forums? > >> ... forums only do whole threads, not individual post in th

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-19 Thread prishelec
I think the right way is to register openmoko mailing list at something like Nabble. This way we will not separate forum and mailing list users. If someone likes forum - he will have a possibility to post on a forum, and m-l users will receive an e-mail and vice versa. I think mailing list admin ha

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-19 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
My conclusion of all those discussions is: We need both in parallel. Since there was no entry in the Wikii, I have created one: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Discussion_Forums Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@list

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.06.2008 um 21:08 schrieb Stroller: > > On 18 Jun 2008, at 12:45, Ewan Marshall wrote: >> ... >> Also how do you get unread message notification on forums? >> ... forums only do whole threads, not individual post in thread. > > I've started using a new forum recently, there being no mailing-

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 Jun 2008, at 12:45, Ewan Marshall wrote: > ... > Also how do you get unread message notification on forums? > ... forums only do whole threads, not individual post in thread. I've started using a new forum recently, there being no mailing-lists I can find for this particular subject, and

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-18 Thread Ewan Marshall
comment was kind of stupid. > > Matt > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Powell > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:10 PM > To: community@lists.openmoko.org > Subject: Re: Why not use forum? > > O

Re: Why not use forum? -> Use OESF.org forum

2008-06-17 Thread David Samblas Martinez
I then I got another source of knowlege/comunication to add to the repository. Bookmarked! --- El mar, 17/6/08, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > De: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Asunto: Re: Why not use forum? -> Use OESF.org fo

Re: Why not use forum? -> Use OESF.org forum

2008-06-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
>> Hi! >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? >> It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the >> topics you want and etc. I have been notet that a new (Sub-)Forum has been created: http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=161 OESF is one o

Why not use forum?

2008-06-16 Thread arne anka
> gmane seems to suffer from delayed mails, too. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-16 Thread Kyle Gordon
Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > topics you want and etc. > The main > Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not that comfortable > and I can see no advatages

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-14 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 13.06.2008 um 22:36 schrieb Joerg Reisenweber: >> We really aren't going to redo this discussion again, are we? >> >> Last time we had these discussion[1] it ended up with some seting >> up a >> forum[2] on http://forums.makeopensource.com/ Go there and be happy >> with > your >> forum if t

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Fr 13. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > On Thursday 12 June 2008 17:30, Leonti Bielski wrote: > > Hi! > > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > > topics you want and etc. > > The main > > Personally I don't

RE: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Crane, Matthew
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Powell Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:10 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Why not use forum? On Friday 13 June 2008 13:07, Crane, Matthew wrote: Matt, there's a lot more crap transferred when usi

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Hugo Mills
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:30:02AM -0700, Ben Burdette wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have set up a rule automatically moves the OM messages to a > > folder I read when I have time. Setting up that rule takes less > > time than registering on a forum > My thunderbird brings up a little bo

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread wim . delvaux
> But I still don't understand why groups choose mailing lists over > newsgroups. Weren't newsgroups designed with this kind of thing in > mind? By default you just download the headers without having to get > the text of every message, you can subscribe and unsubscribe from them > without impac

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Ben Burdette
Ok, this is pointless! But I'll participate anyway: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thursday 12 June 2008 23:33:37 Ben Burdette wrote: > Hi! I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the topics

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Andy Powell
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:00 PM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Cc: Crane, Matthew > Subject: Re: Why not use forum? > > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:29 -0400 "Crane, Matthew" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > bab

Re: [OT] combined forum and mailinglist (Re: Why not use forum?)

2008-06-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
We also came upon this idea a year ago. There are a few problems with it. Mail gets sent once. The advantage of a forum is that you can edit, merge, move and delete things. Ortwin On 6/13/08, Arnout Engelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: >

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Ewan Marshall
Lally Singh wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Pawel Kowalak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2008-06-12, at 17:30, Leonti Bielski wrote: >> >> >>> Hi! >>> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? >>> It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe

RE: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Crane, Matthew
nmoko community discussion Cc: Crane, Matthew Subject: Re: Why not use forum? On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:29 -0400 "Crane, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Plus, forums usually have provisions for storage and selective > notifications. you mail client doesn't store

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Jano
Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > topics you want and etc. > The main > Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not that comfortable > and I can see no advatage

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread AVee
On Thursday 12 June 2008 17:30, Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > topics you want and etc. > The main > Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not that comforta

Re: Why not use forum

2008-06-13 Thread Hugo Mills
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 09:21:46AM +0200, arne anka wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:46:12 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also i do not know if rss has thread > > processing ? > > i don't think so, but considering how many mails are out-of-thread (i see > a lot of them, when i switch to t

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Jose Luis Perez Diez
El Thursday, 12 de June de 2008 21:41:29 Crane, Matthew va escriure: > No kidding, this list is effectively a forum and the discussions would > fit nicely on a forum site. Masybe > Plus, forums usually have provisions for storage and selective > notifications. My mail system does those & more

Re: Why not use forum

2008-06-13 Thread arne anka
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:46:12 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2008 00:55:34 arne anka wrote: >> > No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of >> > them, >> > periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up >> quickly. >> >> well, i'v

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-13 Thread Andy Powell
On Thursday 12 June 2008 17:37, Richard Reichenbacher wrote: > We went over this right around the same time last year. The general > consensus was that forums are the devil, mailing lists are good and > anyone that thinks otherwise is a complete moron. Oh and prepare to > get torn a new one for h

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Vinc Duran
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:46 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2008 00:55:34 arne anka wrote: > > > No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of > > > them, > > > periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up > quickly. > > > > well, i've

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread wim . delvaux
On Friday 13 June 2008 00:55:34 arne anka wrote: > > No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of > > them, > > periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up quickly. > > well, i've seen a forum recently which propagates new entries through rss > feeds. th

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:29 -0400 "Crane, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Plus, forums usually have provisions for storage and selective > notifications. you mail client doesn't store your email? wow! :) -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _

Re: [OT]Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:31 +0200 Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Am Do 12. Juni 2008 schrieb Andy Loughran: > > The developers must prefer mailing lists. > > > > The day these lists go web-forum, I probably have to quit my job. no need to quit! :) just cease being part of th

[OT] combined forum and mailinglist (Re: Why not use forum?)

2008-06-12 Thread Arnout Engelen
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: > Some people REALLY like mailing lists and some people REALLY like > fora and never the twain shall meet. :P Personally, I don't believe this: to me, it sounds entirely feasible to create a 'discussion thread respository' which can be ac

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread arne anka
> No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of > them, > periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up quickly. well, i've seen a forum recently which propagates new entries through rss feeds. thus, it works pretty much like a mailing list -- but. of

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Ortwin Regel writes: >Pah, mailing lists are for old people. :P Get off my lawn, youngster! ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:24:15 +0200, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pah, mailing lists are for old people. :P Though I have to admit that a web forum has an indisputable advantage of offering a wide choice of graphical smileys. Forum users love that. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL P

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread wim . delvaux
On Thursday 12 June 2008 23:33:37 Ben Burdette wrote: > >> Hi! > >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > >> It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > >> topics you want and etc. > > > > For me, mailing list is much better to view, filter, read of

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Ben Burdette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - far less distracting, with no emails coming in every 5 secs for every topic. The distraction is a feature, for any project which you intend to take up a significant part of your spare time, and to contribute rather than j

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Ben Burdette
>> Hi! >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? >> It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the >> topics you want and etc. >> > > For me, mailing list is much better to view, filter, read off-line, > quick download etc. etc. For admins, mailing

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Pah, mailing lists are for old people. :P On 6/12/08, Esben Stien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Leonti Bielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > > Because web forums are a pain. I'm over 250 mailing lists. Imaging the > unbearable pain

RE: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Crane, Matthew
: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:31 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Why not use forum? Hi! I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the topics you want and etc. The main Personally I don't like mailing li

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Esben Stien
"Leonti Bielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? Because web forums are a pain. I'm over 250 mailing lists. Imaging the unbearable pain of having to go to all those web forums. Web forums are also extremely bad for a structured discussion

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Esben Stien
"Lally Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, it's a more reliable method to isolate threads from each > other. For example, the whole "PANIC! iPhone is $200!" thread is > listed as a dozen or more threads in gmail right now. That's because people have broken mail clients which don't properl

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread einstein
For all guys how can speak german as well, have a look on www.freeyourphone.de Greets Einstein ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: [OT]Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do 12. Juni 2008 schrieb Andy Loughran: > The developers must prefer mailing lists. > The day these lists go web-forum, I probably have to quit my job. /jOERG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko comm

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Kevin Dean
It's interesting how much divide this issue causes, I think. :) I'm personally a fan of fora, but I don't really care too strongly either way. Some people REALLY like mailing lists and some people REALLY like fora and never the twain shall meet. :P On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Richard Reichen

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Mike Montour
Leonti Bielski wrote: > Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not that comfortable > and I can see no advatages of using mailing list instead of forum? I prefer to access the lists through the NNTP gateway on gmane.org, e.g. http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.commun

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:30:39 +0200, Leonti Bielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of them, periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up quickly. > I

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Hugo Mills
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 03:30:39PM +, Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > topics you want and etc. > The main > Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not tha

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Lally Singh
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Pawel Kowalak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-06-12, at 17:30, Leonti Bielski wrote: > >> Hi! >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? >> It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the >> topics you want and etc. > >

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Richard Reichenbacher
We went over this right around the same time last year. The general consensus was that forums are the devil, mailing lists are good and anyone that thinks otherwise is a complete moron. Oh and prepare to get torn a new one for having a differing opinion. On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Leonti

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
http://forums.makeopensource.com/index.php Haven't been there in a while, though. It seems like those weird hardcore Linux people simply prefer mailing lists... <_< Ortwin On 6/12/08, Leonti Bielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > I

[OT]Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Andy Loughran
ling lists are the more customisable and flexible option. Regards, andylockran - Original Message - From: "Leonti Bielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: Why not use forum? > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Pawel Kowalak
On 2008-06-12, at 17:30, Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the > topics you want and etc. For me, mailing list is much better to view, filter, read off-line, quick download

Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Yorick Matthys
+1 for forum _ Download Messenger op je mobiel! http://www.windowslivemobile.msn.com/nl/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/l

Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Leonti Bielski
Hi! I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? It's much better to view, you can subscribe and unsubscribe to the topics you want and etc. The main Personally I don't like mailing list because it's not that comfortable and I can see no advatages of using mailing list instead of fo