On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:58:04 +1100, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <fake@dont.use> wrote:

> The Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:10:24 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> But in general, I'd prefer a forum OR a nice web interface for
>>> newsgroups (The one digitalmars uses isn't really the best, IMO).
>>
>> It's not great, but it's been working reliably for several years,
>> which in itself is a great feature <g>.
>
> Stop working on D and use well known C/C++. Why improve?

Damn! You beat me to it <G>

The DigitalMars Web interface to the newsgroup is a shining example of how not to design a GUI. Mind you, most of the HTML based list views are also poor UIs.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia

braddr@puremagic.com wrote:
> Walter and I were talking earlier today and one of the topics that came up was
> newsgroup vs mailing list.  The good news is that it doesn't have to be one vs
> the other, but rather a gateway between the two.
> 
> The question:  Who would use the mailing list if it existed.

I would.  I'm on a number of mailing list for various reasons and find them useful for more channeled discussions.

> Follow-up question: if the list was read-only (ie, a one way gateway), would you
> still use it?

It depends on what information the list provided and if it was available any other way.

> For myself, I'd prefer to receive mail rather than read via the web or a news
> reader, but I know I'm an odd duck at times.
> 
> A show of hands.. want to be able to get each of the newsgroups via mail?

d.D gets  a tremendous amount of traffic--I'm not sure I really want to get 100 additional emails a day.  But for something a bit more specialized I'm all for it.


Sean

Alexander Panek wrote:
> Dawid Ciężarkiewicz wrote:
>> nick wrote:
>>
>>> I would prefer a forum like PHPBB.
>>
>>
>> <g> Yeah... great joke.
> 
> I don't get what's so funny about this. I also think a forum would be nice, but somehow I got used to this newsgroup alread, so I don't mind anymore. But in general, I'd prefer a forum OR a nice web interface for newsgroups (The one digitalmars uses isn't really the best, IMO).

Try emailing Google to see if they'll add digitalmars.* to their list of groups.  I emailed them once in the past but a few more emails would probably help.


Sean

Newsgroup is good enough for me.

braddr@puremagic.com wrote:
> Walter and I were talking earlier today and one of the topics that came up was
> newsgroup vs mailing list.  The good news is that it doesn't have to be one vs
> the other, but rather a gateway between the two.
> 
> The question:  Who would use the mailing list if it existed.
> 
> Follow-up question: if the list was read-only (ie, a one way gateway), would you
> still use it?
> 
> For myself, I'd prefer to receive mail rather than read via the web or a news
> reader, but I know I'm an odd duck at times.
> 
> A show of hands.. want to be able to get each of the newsgroups via mail?
> 
> 

<braddr@puremagic.com> wrote in message news:dt6nao$1l2d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Walter and I were talking earlier today and one of the topics that came up
> was
> newsgroup vs mailing list.  The good news is that it doesn't have to be
> one vs
> the other, but rather a gateway between the two.
>
> The question:  Who would use the mailing list if it existed.
>
> Follow-up question: if the list was read-only (ie, a one way gateway),
> would you
> still use it?
>
> For myself, I'd prefer to receive mail rather than read via the web or a
> news
> reader, but I know I'm an odd duck at times.
>
> A show of hands.. want to be able to get each of the newsgroups via mail?
>
Yes definitely.
> 

In article <dt80n6$2qiu$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
>
>
>"Alexander Panek" <alexander.panek@brainsware.org> wrote in message news:dt7ok3$2ivn$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> But in general, I'd prefer a forum OR a nice web interface for newsgroups (The one digitalmars uses isn't really the best, IMO).
>
>It's not great, but it's been working reliably for several years, which in itself is a great feature <g>.
>
>

One long-term goal achieved, several short-term goals missed. :P

Another question (quite OT, sorry):
How's it coded? CGI? (Perl?, C?)

"Alexander Panek" <Alexander_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:dt8f2i$6d8$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Another question (quite OT, sorry):
> How's it coded? CGI? (Perl?, C?)

I have no idea. Jan Knepper manages it.

"Sean Kelly" <sean@f4.ca> wrote in message news:dt869c$300m$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> Try emailing Google to see if they'll add digitalmars.* to their list of groups.  I emailed them once in the past but a few more emails would probably help.

I have mixed feelings about Google adding digitalmars.*. One of the cons is that it would then become the target of spammers. The newsgroups here have been remarkably free of spam and other abuses. I'd hate to see that change.

I'd prefer a comp.lang.d be set up.

Walter Bright wrote:
> "Sean Kelly" <sean@f4.ca> wrote in message news:dt869c$300m$2@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Try emailing Google to see if they'll add digitalmars.* to their list of groups.  I emailed them once in the past but a few more emails would probably help.
> 
> I have mixed feelings about Google adding digitalmars.*. One of the cons is that it would then become the target of spammers. The newsgroups here have been remarkably free of spam and other abuses. I'd hate to see that change.
> 
> I'd prefer a comp.lang.d be set up. 
> 
> 

my ISP discontinued usenet service as of Dec 15, 2005

Walter Bright wrote:
> "Sean Kelly" <sean@f4.ca> wrote in message news:dt869c$300m$2@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Try emailing Google to see if they'll add digitalmars.* to their list of groups.  I emailed them once in the past but a few more emails would probably help.
> 
> I have mixed feelings about Google adding digitalmars.*. One of the cons is that it would then become the target of spammers. The newsgroups here have been remarkably free of spam and other abuses. I'd hate to see that change.

Good point.  Really, I mostly like Google Groups for its searching capability.  Otherwise, I'm very happy with Thunderbird as my DigitalMars usenet client.

> I'd prefer a comp.lang.d be set up. 

Aye, that might be nice.


Sean