| Paris Newsgroup Interface [message #90592] |
Wed, 26 September 2007 06:22  |
Ed
Messages: 199
Registered: February 2006
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I been participating on this newsgroup since 2000... Many months and years
just lurking... but I am wondering, has the idea ever come up about changing
the format? Say like vBulletin? I use that on a classified website and
forums and people love it... Just curious...
This one complete thread thing is very frustrating when you are trying to
focus on certain subjects...
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| Re: Paris Newsgroup Interface [message #90622 is a reply to message #90617] |
Wed, 26 September 2007 16:51  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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Senior Member |
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Ed,
This has come up. There have been discussions, and basically in my view it
appears to break down like this:
(*) Many people here use NNTP (Newsreaders)
(*) Some people here use the web interface and like it
(*) Some people here use the web interface and don't like it.
Firstly, my exploration has found that there doesn't appear to be much out
there which supports BOTH NNTP Newsreaders AND a web interface. By and large,
any move to a better web interface would mean sacrificing the NNTP side of
things, which would upset quite a large percentage of the user base.
Some people here quite like this interface. I am actually one of them, but
I try not to weigh my decision to heavily on that. Suffice to say the majority
of web forums sort things either by thread, or just in post order. I actually
think, while slightly messy, the combination of post order and thread which
this web interface provides gives me a respectable balance between "keeping
up to date with recent posts" while still being able to track the thread
in terms of who has responded to who. And personally, I've never been a big
fan of graphical smilies and the like, so I'm kinda happy with the web interface.
The people who use but don't like the web interface would then, most likely,
be split into different camps of which interface they would prefer. I could
change interfaces to try and please this group, but it would probably be
a struggle to make a move which was to everybody's liking, especially when
you take the NNTP into account, in addition to the people in the previous
group, who actually like the current interface.
All in all, considering the effort and cost that would be involved in the
change, and considering I don't actually see any options which I think fit
the idea of "overall positive consensus" in the group, I've chosen to stick
with what we have. It also has a certain nostalgia to it, as well as actually
being rock solid software (and I'm not kidding - I don't think I've ever
seen a piece of software more bugfree than the software running this forum).
So while I'm always open to suggestions, making a change would require quite
a big consensus of agreement in the group that the change would be for the
best, and that has simply never happened.
Cheers,
Kim.
"Ed" <AskMe@email.com> wrote:
>I'm use to vbulletin... very popular and been around for quite some time...
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>"D-unit" <cof42_AT_embarqmail.com> wrote in message news:46fab461@linux...
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>> "Ed" <askme@email.com> wrote in message news:46fa5d08$1@linux...
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>>> I been participating on this newsgroup since 2000... Many months and
>> years
>>> just lurking... but I am wondering, has the idea ever come up about
>> changing
>>> the format? Say like vBulletin? I use that on a classified website
and
>>> forums and people love it... Just curious...
>>>
>>> This one complete thread thing is very frustrating when you are trying
to
>>> focus on certain subjects...
>>>
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>> Not if its what your're used to.
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>> db
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