The main issues would be Notice and Ownership, to get hold of the
Content before losing access to it. I am a moderator on a forum and we
got shut down by our Host without notice, and had to fight to at least
copy off our content. Then, we also needed to migrate from a "discus"
platform that had
mherger wrote:
> > Okay, let's all sit still in this boat and have a quiet conversation
> > about the future of this forum. If it is so that the days of this
> forum
> > are counted because sooner or later Logitech will shut it down,
> wouldn't
> > it make sense to move it to an independent
Let's find some more solutions to some more problems that don't exist.
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Okay, let's all sit still in this boat and have a quiet conversation
about the future of this forum. If it is so that the days of this forum
are counted because sooner or later Logitech will shut it down, wouldn't
it make sense to move it to an independent server -before- that
happens?
It makes
chaug wrote:
> If it is so that the days of this forum are counted because sooner or
> later Logitech will shut it down, wouldn't it make sense to move it to
> an independent server -before- that happens?
I'm quite happy with this software. It's familiar and comfortable and
seems to work well
edwin2006 wrote:
> +1 don't rock the boat.
Okay, let's all sit still in this boat and have a quiet conversation
about the future of this forum. If it is so that the days of this forum
are counted because sooner or later Logitech will shut it down, wouldn't
it make sense to move it to an
bpa wrote:
> I use google with a "site:forums.slimdevices.com" followed by the search
> terms.
Useful tip, thanks
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SlimChances wrote:
> Agreed, the search function is near useless
I use google with a "site:forums.slimdevices.com" followed by the search
terms.
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JerryS wrote:
> OK, I won't rock the boat but, while I love this forum and am grateful
> for the informed advice provided by the very knowledgeable members, I
> think the software is far from perfect. It may just be my incompetence
> but I find the search function to be near useless, I can
OK, I won't rock the boat but, while I love this forum and am grateful
for the informed advice provided by the very knowledgeable members, I
think the software is far from perfect. It may just be my incompetence
but I find the search function to be near useless, I can never find
stuff. If
+1 don't rock the boat.
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mherger wrote:
>
> Yes. The forum has been the subject of discussions several times before.
>
> Because there's support.logitech.com.
>
Fair enough.
mherger wrote:
> > Just to give a real life example of how much more user
> friendly[color=blue]
> I've yet to find a forum software as quick
bpa wrote:
AFAIK Forum is currently funded by Logitech - probably forgotten about
in some budget. A change would cause re-examination of that funding -
let sleeping dogs lie.
This is indeed a good point. @mherger, would you agree that it's safer
to not stir things up?
Yes. The forum has
Just to give a real life example of how much more user friendly
discourse is: try recreating this post of mine (i.e. with multiple
partial quotes from the same post) and then do the same on a discourse
site.
Or how about replying to a reply you received via email?
That's why I stick with the
bpa wrote:
> AFAIK Forum is currently funded by Logitech - probably forgotten about
> in some budget. A change would cause re-examination of that funding -
> let sleeping dogs lie.
>
> The frequent users of the forum is a small group who provide supporr and
> assistance to occasional users.
chaug wrote:
> With a migration to discourse, the information woul not not be lost and
> it would be organized the same way but it would be easier to find and
> read, and it would be easier to write posts and to quote other posts and
> -therefore- it would be so much more fun.
>
> Would some
bpa wrote:
> AFAIK Forum is currently funded by Logitech - probably forgotten about
> in some budget. A change would cause re-examination of that funding -
> let sleeping dogs lie.
>
This is indeed a good point. @mherger, would you agree that it's safer
to not stir things up? Are we that much
bpa wrote:
> AFAIK Forum is currently funded by Logitech - probably forgotten about
> in some budget. A change would cause re-examination of that funding -
> let sleeping dogs lie.
>
> The frequent users of the forum is a small group who provide supporr and
> assistance to occasional users.
chaug wrote:
> Any chance that this forum will migrate to a new and better forum
> software, namely 'discourse' (https://www.discourse.org/)? It would be
> so much more fun! :p
AFAIK Forum is currently funded by Logitech - probably forgotten about
in some budget. A change would cause
chaug wrote:
> Any chance that this forum will migrate to a new and better forum
> software, namely 'discourse' (https://www.discourse.org/)? It would be
> so much more fun! :p
Why ??? This one Works very fine
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mongrel wrote:
> [The platform vendor] ...
> Well, they would say that wouldn't they?
>
Just to be clear: discourse is entirely free and open source. And it is
not just the discourse developers who claim that migrations work well.
Many site admins report the same on
chaug wrote:
> [The platform vendor] shows that even the most conservative and
> unwilling users eventually are happy with the new platform.
Well, they would say that wouldn't they?
I am a conservative and unwilling user of some discourse-based community
sites and there is not one that I am
castalla wrote:
> INFO before so-called FUN
With a migration to discourse, the information woul not not be lost and
it would be organized the same way but it would be easier to find and
read, and it would be easier to write posts and to quote other posts and
-therefore- it would be so much more
chaug wrote:
> Any chance that this forum will migrate to a new and better forum
> software, namely 'discourse' (https://www.discourse.org/)? It would be
> so much more fun! :p
Please NO! This forum is pretty well-organised and clear - no need to
change. INFO before so-called FUN
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