On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Christopher Svanefalk <christopher.svanefalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Tim: >> >> I participate in no web forums, because they're such a pain. And I've >> >> yet to see a single one to convince me otherwise. >> >> (insert word "able" between "one" and "to") >> >> Joe Zeff: >> > And as long as you never look, you never will. >> >> I said "participate." Of course I've *seen* forums, that's how I *know* >> they're a pain. > > Forums, when implemented properly, are superior to any kind of mailing > list. I would potentially agree that forums could be done right. I haven't seen many. Actually, google does a fairly nice job with theirs, but they miss a few points. Blogged about it recently (look me up if you're interested in what some random maniac said), but I think I didn't really get my blog right, either. We need to set up a new newsgroup protocol that combines both, and adds the option of allowing registered users to post through a newsgroup-only address. Then the users don't have to expose their private addresses. And the archive web pages, which should be part of the protocol, should provide thread headers, so that you can keep the threads intact. which means that your reader/MUA needs to be able to add those headers. Google gets close with their webmail, but not quite, really. Gmane also almost gets there, but they don't have enough horse power to cover all the newsgroups they cover. (Haven't figured out how to add headers with sylpheed, yet, but I'm sure it's in there somewhere.) (Hmm. The more we add to this thread, the higher Linda's post thread gets ranked in searches, but the less damage to the innocent bystander -- statistically -- it does. I was going to suggest breaking/stopping the thread, but burying it seems like a good option, too.) -- Joel Rees -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
