On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 22:09, GamblerZG wrote: > AFAIK, there are no "official" forums for PHP. Considering the fact that > PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is > ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net? > > I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable > replies to this message. To save everybody some time, I will ansver them > here, without waiting someone to key them in. > > Reply: There are forums on zend.com. > My Reply: zend.com != php.com. > > R: There is a web interface for this mailing list. > MR: You cant' post new messages there, and it's just another way of > showing emails anyway. > > R: There is a newsgroup interface. > MR: Yeah, I'm using it right now. But it requires special software, and > is terribly slow, unless you have very good connection and moderately > powerful PC. > > R: Forums suck, mailing lists rule. > MR: Not if you don't like receiving 200 messages + spam every day. > > R: Synchronizing mail lists and forums is very difficult and nobody will > do it. > MR: There is no need to synchronize anything. A threaded web-based email client works just like you want. Still complaining about 200+ messages?? Well a forum would get as many anyways. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
