Would you be interested in a new chat board? [message #88442] |
Mon, 23 July 2007 08:19 |
BradLyons
Messages: 36 Registered: July 2007
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I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but I have a hard-time following
along in the web-based chat because I'm used to Bulletin Board style posting.
I have a new forum I just took online recently and was wondering would there
be interest to holding a forum over there that's a little easier to navigate
and follow the threads? Here is the forum:
http://www.audioandmidi.com/phpBB2/index.php
If you're interested, I could create a dedicated section for Paris.
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Re: Would you be interested in a new chat board? [message #88457 is a reply to message #88442] |
Mon, 23 July 2007 16:24 |
Kim
Messages: 1246 Registered: October 2005
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Brad,
Traditionally the issue has been that there are a lot of people here who
use the NNTP feature, and virtually none of these web forum based systems
allow NNTP. I have done a little surfing and if you want both it's pretty
hard to find something.
Also, if you're having trouble following threads, try pressing the "Related
items" button. This will narrow what's on screen to just items within your
current thread.
It is also actually possible for me to put this forum into a format more
similar to "normal" web forums, where all posts of a thread appear in a single
thread, however while it might simplify things, it's actually less functional
to my mind as you can't visually see who has replied to who (unless they
include a quote). Hence I've kept it as it is. I find the "related items"
works pretty well however in sorting out a complex thread.
JustCron had a web forum running for a while starting around the time Chuck
handed over the group. It never really kicked off. Too many people like the
NNTP feature.
Cheers,
Kim.
"Brad Lyons" <brad@audioandmidi.com> wrote:
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>I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but I have a hard-time following
>along in the web-based chat because I'm used to Bulletin Board style posting.
> I have a new forum I just took online recently and was wondering would
there
>be interest to holding a forum over there that's a little easier to navigate
>and follow the threads? Here is the forum:
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>http://www.audioandmidi.com/phpBB2/index.php
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>If you're interested, I could create a dedicated section for Paris.
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Re: Would you be interested in a new chat board? [message #88499 is a reply to message #88498] |
Tue, 24 July 2007 11:31 |
John Macy
Messages: 242 Registered: April 2006
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Nothing personal Brad, but why does my suspicion radar go off when a sales
guy from Sweetwater wants to host a newsgroup for a dying platform, even
if he was a user before...
"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>I used a outlook in the past and I use the web now, it works for me. recently
>the DA7 news group switched from this type of NG to a new fancier type that
>is more divided up in to many more subjects. Most people do not like the
>new improved compartmentalized NG. It's more time consuming to try to read
>threw all the post, you have to navigate and search more. Many people have
>left that news group over it. Some times changing something doesn't make
>it better.
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>We love the Paris NG the way it is. You can post what you want, such as
>a meeting between your dog and a skunk and people can choose to read it
or
>not. After all, it would be hard to keep up with The life, times and adventures
>of Deej with out this style of NG; ) I think the majority would agree
that
>we like things the way they are other wise we would have changed this NG
>long ago, or moved on.
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>That's my thoughts.
>James
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>"Brad Lyons" <brad@audioandmidi.com> wrote:
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>>I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but I have a hard-time following
>>along in the web-based chat because I'm used to Bulletin Board style posting.
>> I have a new forum I just took online recently and was wondering would
>there
>>be interest to holding a forum over there that's a little easier to navigate
>>and follow the threads? Here is the forum:
>>
>>http://www.audioandmidi.com/phpBB2/index.php
>>
>>If you're interested, I could create a dedicated section for Paris.
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Re: Would you be interested in a new chat board? [message #88502 is a reply to message #88499] |
Tue, 24 July 2007 15:09 |
Ab
Messages: 37 Registered: June 2005
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Exactly my feeling
Ab
John Macy" <spamlessjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote:
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>Nothing personal Brad, but why does my suspicion radar go off when a sales
>guy from Sweetwater wants to host a newsgroup for a dying platform, even
>if he was a user before...
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>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>I used a outlook in the past and I use the web now, it works for me. recently
>>the DA7 news group switched from this type of NG to a new fancier type
that
>>is more divided up in to many more subjects. Most people do not like the
>>new improved compartmentalized NG. It's more time consuming to try to
read
>>threw all the post, you have to navigate and search more. Many people
have
>>left that news group over it. Some times changing something doesn't make
>>it better.
>>
>>We love the Paris NG the way it is. You can post what you want, such as
>>a meeting between your dog and a skunk and people can choose to read it
>or
>>not. After all, it would be hard to keep up with The life, times and adventures
>>of Deej with out this style of NG; ) I think the majority would agree
>that
>>we like things the way they are other wise we would have changed this NG
>>long ago, or moved on.
>>
>>That's my thoughts.
>>James
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>>"Brad Lyons" <brad@audioandmidi.com> wrote:
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>>>I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but I have a hard-time
following
>>>along in the web-based chat because I'm used to Bulletin Board style posting.
>>> I have a new forum I just took online recently and was wondering would
>>there
>>>be interest to holding a forum over there that's a little easier to navigate
>>>and follow the threads? Here is the forum:
>>>
>>>http://www.audioandmidi.com/phpBB2/index.php
>>>
>>>If you're interested, I could create a dedicated section for Paris.
>>
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Re: Would you be interested in a new chat board? [message #88504 is a reply to message #88499] |
Tue, 24 July 2007 16:55 |
BradLyons
Messages: 36 Registered: July 2007
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Because it's your suspicion and not the reason I posted the thought.... I've
thought about this for years, actually. I figured since I checked in, I
might as well offer not knowing what the response would be. But then as
I think about it, it would be like the kids coming back from college only
to find you've moved away...."where'd everyone go?" :-)
Brad
"John Macy" <spamlessjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote:
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>Nothing personal Brad, but why does my suspicion radar go off when a sales
>guy from Sweetwater wants to host a newsgroup for a dying platform, even
>if he was a user before...
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>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>I used a outlook in the past and I use the web now, it works for me. recently
>>the DA7 news group switched from this type of NG to a new fancier type
that
>>is more divided up in to many more subjects. Most people do not like the
>>new improved compartmentalized NG. It's more time consuming to try to
read
>>threw all the post, you have to navigate and search more. Many people
have
>>left that news group over it. Some times changing something doesn't make
>>it better.
>>
>>We love the Paris NG the way it is. You can post what you want, such as
>>a meeting between your dog and a skunk and people can choose to read it
>or
>>not. After all, it would be hard to keep up with The life, times and adventures
>>of Deej with out this style of NG; ) I think the majority would agree
>that
>>we like things the way they are other wise we would have changed this NG
>>long ago, or moved on.
>>
>>That's my thoughts.
>>James
>>
>>
>>"Brad Lyons" <brad@audioandmidi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but I have a hard-time
following
>>>along in the web-based chat because I'm used to Bulletin Board style posting.
>>> I have a new forum I just took online recently and was wondering would
>>there
>>>be interest to holding a forum over there that's a little easier to navigate
>>>and follow the threads? Here is the forum:
>>>
>>>http://www.audioandmidi.com/phpBB2/index.php
>>>
>>>If you're interested, I could create a dedicated section for Paris.
>>
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