Re: [gmx-users] Moving this mailing list to Discourse format

2016-05-01 Thread Szilárd Páll 
Hi,

I agree with Hannes, these questions are not only pre-canned, but very
limited in scope, pretty much listing a few handy features that happen to
be advantages of discourse. Without any introductory/exploratory questions
I'm not even sure it's easy to interpret correctly what people write; e.g.
if you've never ever user any other mailing list, but you grew up hanging
out on forums, quite likely you'll find the switch important, but such
answers AFAIK weigh less in surveys,

Also asking whether it is "Not important to me" or "onI don't caret" are
rather confusingly similar negative answers and I'm uncertain they can give
any nuanced view of people's oppinion. Could've as well asked: do you care:
yes/no.


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On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Mark Abraham 
wrote:

> Hi people,
>
> As part of the new BioExcel project (http://bioexcel.eu/) that supports
> biomolecular research with codes including GROMACS, we're exploring
> migrating the gmx-users mailing list to the Discourse format. You can see
> an example at http://try.discourse.org! This has a number of immediate
> advantages, including attachments, single-click sign-up, tagging, voting
> and contributing to old discussions. We might also integrate features like
> replying to threads via email, or real-time chat. We also know such a
> change might be something people don't like, and we would like to get a
> feel for that. The community should like its forum, after all! :-) So
> please let us know how you feel at http://goo.gl/forms/k8lhTliffO.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Moving this mailing list to Discourse format

2016-04-21 Thread Hannes Loeffler 
Hi Mark,

many thanks.

At the end it is really just a question if the user has flexibility
over how to visualise the communications.  I'm happy to hear that the
old-fashioned email way would still have (some) support :-)

I hope you get sufficient feedback and support from the community.

Cheers,
Hannes.


On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:47:56 +
Mark Abraham  wrote:

> Hi Hannes,
> 
> Yes, previous discussion has identified this as a likely key feature,
> and thanks for adding confirmation of that. Discourse can be
> integrated with functionality for replying to threads from email to
> suit people who want that kind of small change to their workflows;
> that will indeed suit simple discussions. Obviously there's
> configurable email activity digests and notifications also, which
> provide links to the forum proper.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:52 AM Hannes Loeffler
>  wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:11:42 +
> > Mark Abraham  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi people,
> > >
> > > As part of the new BioExcel project (http://bioexcel.eu/) that
> > > supports biomolecular research with codes including GROMACS, we're
> > > exploring migrating the gmx-users mailing list to the Discourse
> > > format. You can see an example at http://try.discourse.org! This
> > > has a number of immediate advantages, including attachments,
> > > single-click sign-up, tagging, voting and contributing to old
> > > discussions. We might also integrate features like replying to
> > > threads via email, or real-time chat. We also know such a change
> > > might be something people don't like, and we would like to get a
> > > feel for that. The community should like its forum, after
> > > all! :-) So please let us know how you feel at
> > > http://goo.gl/forms/k8lhTliffO.
> >
> > I think such a discussion would need a bit more space than just a
> > few pre-canned questions.
> >
> > I am on various mailing lists and happy with my email client as a
> > central "collector" of all those discussions.  I am personally not
> > fond of another web page interface with its very own features,
> > bells and whistles and what not, but typically unlike any other
> > existing one. And this is in essence the major shortcoming unless
> > it would be still possible to receive all messages through a
> > mailing list as it is now.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Hannes.
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Re: [gmx-users] Moving this mailing list to Discourse format

2016-04-21 Thread Mark Abraham 
Hi Hannes,

Yes, previous discussion has identified this as a likely key feature, and
thanks for adding confirmation of that. Discourse can be integrated with
functionality for replying to threads from email to suit people who want
that kind of small change to their workflows; that will indeed suit simple
discussions. Obviously there's configurable email activity digests and
notifications also, which provide links to the forum proper.

Mark

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:52 AM Hannes Loeffler 
wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:11:42 +
> Mark Abraham  wrote:
>
> > Hi people,
> >
> > As part of the new BioExcel project (http://bioexcel.eu/) that
> > supports biomolecular research with codes including GROMACS, we're
> > exploring migrating the gmx-users mailing list to the Discourse
> > format. You can see an example at http://try.discourse.org! This has
> > a number of immediate advantages, including attachments, single-click
> > sign-up, tagging, voting and contributing to old discussions. We
> > might also integrate features like replying to threads via email, or
> > real-time chat. We also know such a change might be something people
> > don't like, and we would like to get a feel for that. The community
> > should like its forum, after all! :-) So please let us know how you
> > feel at http://goo.gl/forms/k8lhTliffO.
>
> I think such a discussion would need a bit more space than just a few
> pre-canned questions.
>
> I am on various mailing lists and happy with my email client as a
> central "collector" of all those discussions.  I am personally not fond
> of another web page interface with its very own features, bells and
> whistles and what not, but typically unlike any other existing one.
> And this is in essence the major shortcoming unless it would be still
> possible to receive all messages through a mailing list as it is now.
>
> Cheers,
> Hannes.
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Re: [gmx-users] Moving this mailing list to Discourse format

2016-04-21 Thread Hannes Loeffler 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:11:42 +
Mark Abraham  wrote:

> Hi people,
> 
> As part of the new BioExcel project (http://bioexcel.eu/) that
> supports biomolecular research with codes including GROMACS, we're
> exploring migrating the gmx-users mailing list to the Discourse
> format. You can see an example at http://try.discourse.org! This has
> a number of immediate advantages, including attachments, single-click
> sign-up, tagging, voting and contributing to old discussions. We
> might also integrate features like replying to threads via email, or
> real-time chat. We also know such a change might be something people
> don't like, and we would like to get a feel for that. The community
> should like its forum, after all! :-) So please let us know how you
> feel at http://goo.gl/forms/k8lhTliffO.

I think such a discussion would need a bit more space than just a few
pre-canned questions.

I am on various mailing lists and happy with my email client as a
central "collector" of all those discussions.  I am personally not fond
of another web page interface with its very own features, bells and
whistles and what not, but typically unlike any other existing one.
And this is in essence the major shortcoming unless it would be still
possible to receive all messages through a mailing list as it is now.

Cheers,
Hannes.
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[gmx-users] Moving this mailing list to Discourse format

2016-04-21 Thread Mark Abraham 
Hi people,

As part of the new BioExcel project (http://bioexcel.eu/) that supports
biomolecular research with codes including GROMACS, we're exploring
migrating the gmx-users mailing list to the Discourse format. You can see
an example at http://try.discourse.org! This has a number of immediate
advantages, including attachments, single-click sign-up, tagging, voting
and contributing to old discussions. We might also integrate features like
replying to threads via email, or real-time chat. We also know such a
change might be something people don't like, and we would like to get a
feel for that. The community should like its forum, after all! :-) So
please let us know how you feel at http://goo.gl/forms/k8lhTliffO.

Cheers,

Mark
GROMACS development manager
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