There are not many users because it just started. Someone in #sdl stated
the same question as Bill “why isn’t there a forum, mailing lists are
so uncool”.
Personally I think the mailing list is better because it already has an
huge archive of posts. To make the forum useful, one would need to
migrate the list archive into it… unnecessary work IMO.
I don’t know if it’s an official board or not, but there are not many
users registered
However, imho, a board is much better than a ML.
cya.
2007/1/8, Bill Conan :
hello guys,
i’m wondering why we don’t just use a bbs or a forum istead of this mail list?
'cause, the mail list is too old fashioned and so inconvenient, it is
a big kerfuffle to post here.
if SDL insists on mail list, then google group is a much better
choice. it is free and more powerful.
I’m assuming we’re all ignoring the “personal preference” factor, right?
Some people like mailing lists, because everything comes in one place (their
inbox), and they can setup their rules/filters to do whatever they like.
Other people like forums.
Some people like nVidia, others like ATI.
Some people like OpenGL, others like DX.
Some people like red, others like blue.Am I missing something here? Original Message ----- From: sdl-bounces+kos=climaxgroup.com@libsdl.org [mailto:sdl-bounces+kos=climaxgroup.com at libsdl.org] On Behalf Of Jessica Sent: 09 January 2007 14:14 To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce) Subject: Re: [SDL] why not use a bbs instead of the mail list. There are not many users because it just started. Someone in #sdl stated the same question as Bill “why isn’t there a forum, mailing lists are so uncool”. Personally I think the mailing list is better because it already has an huge archive of posts. To make the forum useful, one would need to migrate the list archive into it… unnecessary work IMO. Davide “M3xican” Coppola schrieb:
The topic in #sdl contains this url: http://libsdl.awardspace.com/phpBB2/
I don’t know if it’s an official board or not, but there are not many
users registered
However, imho, a board is much better than a ML.
cya.
2007/1/8, Bill Conan :
hello guys,
i’m wondering why we don’t just use a bbs or a forum istead of this mail
list?
'cause, the mail list is too old fashioned and so inconvenient, it is
a big kerfuffle to post here.
if SDL insists on mail list, then google group is a much better
choice. it is free and more powerful.
i’m wondering why we don’t just use a bbs or a forum istead of this
mail
list?
'cause, the mail list is too old fashioned and so inconvenient, it
is
a big kerfuffle to post here.
omfg woot The whole innernet is old fashioned, it was like invented
in the
70s o_O
Yeah lets whine about how email is old fashioned too. And the whole
binary
concept,
combustion chamber engines…
Couldn’t you have just telepathed that message to us? :-)>>> On 1/9/2007 at 2:29 AM, in message <20070109082918.GA12904 at xs4all.nl>, amorel wrote:
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:18:03AM +0800, Bill Conan wrote:
I’m assuming we’re all ignoring the “personal preference” factor,
right?
Some people like mailing lists, because everything comes in one place
(their
inbox), and they can setup their rules/filters to do whatever they
like.
Other people like forums.
Some people like nVidia, others like ATI.
Death to ATI.
Some people like OpenGL, others like DX.
No opinion.
Some people like red, others like blue.
Yes, and I’ve been meaning to talk to those who prefer blue. Come on,
guys. You know better.
Am I missing something here?
Yes, the mandatory penalties for those who disagree with me. :-)>>> On 1/9/2007 at 8:29 AM, in message <495A161B83F7544AA943600A98833B530B75DFEE at mimas>, Kostas Kostiadis wrote:
I tend to run away from forums. I started
using internet back in 1994. In those days
mailing lists and USENET were the only options
for me. No BBS was available in local call distance.
So I tend to prefer how people talk in mailing lists,
to use mail folders to archive the messages that I
really care. And I keep up to date with what is going
on.
If I have to visit a forum explicitly, I just give up,
since I have to keep on going there to be aware of what
is happening. And I tend to go there only when I have problems.
And I have the feeling the same goes for many people.
Regards,
Paulo
In those days,
Quoting Jessica :> There are not many users because it just started. Someone in #sdl stated
the same question as Bill “why isn’t there a forum, mailing lists are
so uncool”.
Personally I think the mailing list is better because it already has an
huge archive of posts. To make the forum useful, one would need to
migrate the list archive into it… unnecessary work IMO.
Davide “M3xican” Coppola schrieb:
The topic in #sdl contains this url: http://libsdl.awardspace.com/phpBB2/
I don’t know if it’s an official board or not, but there are not many
users registered
However, imho, a board is much better than a ML.
cya.
2007/1/8, Bill Conan :
hello guys,
i’m wondering why we don’t just use a bbs or a forum istead of this mail
list?
'cause, the mail list is too old fashioned and so inconvenient, it is
a big kerfuffle to post here.
if SDL insists on mail list, then google group is a much better
choice. it is free and more powerful.
I’d agree if there was an official SDL forum, and we can keep with the
mailing list too. There are lots of projects which have both so why this
important one doesn’t? I mean, we’re in the 2007 man, terminal-like BBS are
almost dead… mailing lists can be something really good for some but
forums are also good for others (and I find it rather more user-friendly
than a mailing list… to say something, I haven’t found the "search"
function as of yet =/ since I joined (about some months ago) ). Why to keep
with only one? let’s keep both… sounds like a better idea. Besides, a
forum alongside the mailing list should be seen as an improvement, and not
as a replacement for what it already exists (unless, of course, the owner(s)
(?) want(s) to replace it).On 1/9/07, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Hi,
I also prefer mailing list.
I tend to run away from forums. I started
using internet back in 1994. In those days
mailing lists and USENET were the only options
for me. No BBS was available in local call distance.
So I tend to prefer how people talk in mailing lists,
to use mail folders to archive the messages that I
really care. And I keep up to date with what is going
on.
If I have to visit a forum explicitly, I just give up,
since I have to keep on going there to be aware of what
is happening. And I tend to go there only when I have problems.
And I have the feeling the same goes for many people.
Regards,
Paulo
In those days,
Quoting Jessica :
There are not many users because it just started. Someone in #sdl stated
the same question as Bill “why isn’t there a forum, mailing lists are
so uncool”.
Personally I think the mailing list is better because it already has an
huge archive of posts. To make the forum useful, one would need to
migrate the list archive into it… unnecessary work IMO.
Gmane also lets you use an NNTP client if you prefer usenet, or treat
the mailing list like a web forum or a “blog” if that’s your thing.
Everything from those interfaces, sooner or later, comes through this
mailing list.
So really, this is taken care of already, and in theory everyone should
be happy without anything needing to change.
I’d agree if there was an official SDL forum, and we can keep with the
mailing list too. There are lots of projects which have both so why this
important one doesn’t?
Resources usually cost somebody some money.
I mean, we’re in the 2007 man, terminal-like BBS are
almost dead… mailing lists can be something really good for some but
forums are also good for others (and I find it rather more user-friendly
than a mailing list…
Not to start an argument, but I apparently don’t find Web forums very friendly at all.
to say something, I haven’t found the "search"
function as of yet =/ since I joined (about some months ago) ). Why to keep
with only one? let’s keep both… sounds like a better idea. Besides, a
forum alongside the mailing list should be seen as an improvement, and not
as a replacement for what it already exists (unless, of course, the owner(s)
(?) want(s) to replace it).
By dividing up the discussions into two different forums you essentially divide the information. A subject brought up in one forum may not be brought up in another and thus response and available reference is lost in one or the other.
Lil>>> On 1/10/2007 at 1:56 AM, “DARKGuy .” <dark.guy.2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
