Chris it is pointless arguing with them we might as well just build are own forum and ask nicely if they could give us a link off of thier page. I don't have the bandwidth as of yet but I might be able to pull a few strings.
On 10/6/06, Chris Swinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is obviously a case for and against both mail lists and forums. > > Over the years, I have personally used many forms of electronic > communication from text based to web based, CLI to GUI. I personally > prefer a web based GUI were a collection of related queries and > discussion can be searched instantly with answers retrieved without the > need to re-post, or subject areas can be browsed at leisure. > > I also believe that new users will find a web based forum more > accessible and I do not think that the more technically able should NOT > differentiate themselves in a kind of "I can do this, you can't - Nah Na > Na Nah Nah" attitude. > > However, for some the mailing list is preferable as they clearly know > how to extract the relevant information quickly and efficiently. For > others it is essential as they may not have access to browser based > computers. > > The WiKi has been mentioned and although this is an excellent resource > of information, I do not believe this is the place to start posting > endless queries. It should remain a place were facts and tips can be > obtained about the product. > > Cleary some kind of link between a mailing list and forum would need to > be established so that users could post to either using their preferred > method and responses would be open to all. > > So any idea? > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joerg Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 October 2006 16:15 > To: Community support list for Wireshark > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] What about a Wireshark forum? > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:47:46AM -0600, Jeff Sadowski wrote: > > I really see no difference to email I click on a link just as if I > read my > > email. > > Well, there is the central point why you don't understand the mail > users: Some of us DON'T click. No mouse interaction required at all to > read mail. Also, with my mailreader I can configure how I want my mails > to be sorted (by date, by thread, ...). With a forum the forum software > decides how things will look at the users machine, and using just a text > interface, forums are sort of inconvenient to read. > > > >"No, they are not. Get a good mail client. I handle a couple of > hundred > > >mails a day. How I handle that much mail? Well my client supports > > >sorting, scoring and threading so it's no big problem. If I'm not > > >interested in a discussion I just press one key and it's marked as > > >read. If I don't want to read about a specific topic I just hit a > couple > > >of keys and I'll never read it a again. I've never seen this features > in > > >a web based forum." > > > > > > That would be a good idea for a forum individual prefferences on what > to > > ignore. Also maybe some sort of grouping of topics like a similar > topic > > frame hmm. > > > > gmail supports quite a bit of options and I could also use it through > any > > mail client I desire I really don't care infact I recently switched > from > > yahoo to gmail and I like gmails defacto web interface a lot so far. > > I don't read mails via a web interface if I can avoid it - its a *major* > inconvenience. > > > >You can do that before sending a mail message, too. Or do you mean > you > > >can *retroactively* edit one of your postings? > > > > retroactive like in fedoraforum.org you can edit your own postings at > > anytime unless it is locked by a moderator. > > fix words so that it is less irritating for other readers. I make a > lot of > > grammatic mistakes and reading what i write can be difficult I can't > always > > catch it before I type the send button. > > Well, how about checking *before* sending a mail? How about using a > spell checker or something similar? Btw, spending time on a typo is a > wast of time. If something is of "permanent" interest, please write a > wiki entry for it. Wiki has a web interface so if you like to use web > interfaces, just go to wiki.wireshark.org and find a good place where to > permanently store that interesting piece of information. Not only that, > but if your wiki entry is interesting, others may enhance it - and > that's something you can't do with interesting forum posts. > > Ciao > Joerg > -- > Joerg Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that > works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology. > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users
