Hello Harold,
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 31/07/2008 18:50, James Knott wrote:
John Fistere wrote:
While the activity here is great, it is hard to keep up. Is there a
bbs type system for OpenOffice that provides for the creation of
discussion areas and topics?
BBSs are so 20th century. ;-)
But the "web forum" isn't: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/
;-) Note that you *must* be registered/subscribed to ask questions or
post replies there.
Interesting that after I stated something akin to this
idea, it seems to have stirred some others to say a similar
thing.
FWIW, the forums under spybot.info run in a very nice
way, but only with regard to this one issue. Whenever a
thread is considered more relevant to be discussed under a
different banner or thread (I call a banner as a specific
type of function or feature about the product, or a specific
type of situation about the product. The thread is the
particular idea presented within the premise of the banner.
There may be a more exact and proper set of words than
what I have used, but, right now it is the best I can do.),
the moderators will do two things: move that thread to
another banner; and, announce what has been done. This
assures that one does not have to wade through as much all
the time.
Their forum does not allow for dissemination of messages
from within the forums, so one must go to the site. Also,
it is not easy tracking down a particular thread. As I
said, this part is not germane to our discussion; it is just
good to know.
I think the real question being asked, is, "Does the
E-Mail list program/package, being used to have this
discussion, have the tools to allow the owner or moderators
to effect things as queried? For example, after someone
might have first stated that query about macros and
electronic spreadsheets, could further discussion have been
moved to a "Spreadsheets" header?" Keep in mind that the
principle reason any of us would like such a thing is
because there are so many versions of OO and so many uses
and abilities for and of OO that one never knows whether
what is being received is real messages or spam postings,
because of the sheer number of postings received.
Thanks for putting up with my rant.
Regards,
Julian.
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