[ODE] Forum debate

[adrianotiger]

Another important point for the forum is that you can access it from any
computer and see the new message since the last login!

You have this possibility on the mailinglist, but only from 1 computer! If I
am at work, I want to see my new messages, but without get a copy when I am
at home...
I a forum, it automatically make a list of all new topics (ONLY IF YOU WANT,
AND NOT FORCED like emails)

I already said that I made a forum example, it is not a problem to host it
on my server, I want only help ODE to get a new tool. And the search option
is more efficient than search on the local computer or search it on google!!

You can post your opinion on the poll if you want :)

http://ode.petrucci.ch is the forum. I'm open for new styles and make it
better. I can also send a backup to ODE, so they can import the database
with all messages.

I don't mean that the mailinglist should be deleted, I mean that it could be
a better tool for much people...

Bye,
See you in the forum, hehe
            Adriano


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <james at 6msoft.com>
To: <ode at q12.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:14 PM
Subject: [ODE] Forum debate


> It seems like a lot of people prefer to not leave the mailing list simply
> because they are used to it (same people that use .plan files instead of
> blogs still?).
>
> Anyways, sure you can search the mailing list using google's "site:"
> command, but how long does it take the Google spider to hit new topics?
> And being dependent on a 3rd party search engine seems really lame to me
> and if you really like Google, it can be used in the same fashion to
> search a forum. You can also search your personal mail box, but what if
> you are new to the list, you don't have old threads, so you end up with a
> lot of re-posted questions.
>
> With that said, there are email clients and services that can sort email
> and present it very similar to a forum (gmail is great for mailing
> lists...if you are invited). But as mentioned before, I have never seen an
> email client that can present code snips as good as forum software can
> (there are forums that will even color code!), and for a development
> community, that is kind of important.
>
> Anyways, most forum packages let people subscribe so it can act just like
> a mailing list for those that hate their web browsers. Either way, I do
> think the mailing list should at least split into ODE-Devel and ODE-Users
> or something.
>
> -James
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