On 31/07/2008 22:31, Julian wrote:
Hello Harold,
Hello Julian,
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.
Sorry but I must have missed your post ...
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.
I'm not at all sure I understand what you are getting at here. As far as
I know if someone posts a message, be it question or answer, in the
relevant section of the forum it won't get moved by the moderators.
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.
You must go to the site to ask and answer questions but if you ask a
question, and if you configured your profile correctly, you will be
notified automatically when there is a reply.
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?"
Within an e-mail discussion the way this gets done is to alter the
Subject. There was a debate here a while ago about how the mail program
should handle this. Seems some programs just display the new Subject
header but don't break the thread (which is controlled by a "In reply
to" header) whereas other programs group messages into conversations
using the Subject header. But moving a discussion might not be
considered polite as interested onlookers (listeners?) might lose track
of it. It was generally agreed that the only reasons for changing the
Subject header is (a) if the original is totally meaningless like the
"Moderated" that so often appears in this list or (b) if the
conversation has gone so far off the original topic as to warrant a change.
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.
I'm not sure what it is "any of you" would like
Thanks for putting up with my rant.
As a frequent ranter myself, I like rants ;-)
Regards,
Julian.
Regards, Harold
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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