who likes this forum-SW ???
(i think it's a PITA)

what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot

thx

guest wrote:
> who likes this forum-SW ???
> (i think it's a PITA)
> 
> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
> 
> thx

This is a newsgroup, and the Forum is just a web interface for the NNTP based 'forum'.

guest wrote:

> who likes this forum-SW ???
> (i think it's a PITA)
> 
> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
> 
> thx

It's just a frontend to the NNTP newsgroup, the best forum there is ;)

-- 
Lars Ivar Igesund
blog at http://larsivi.net
DSource & #D: larsivi

guest wrote:
> who likes this forum-SW ???
> (i think it's a PITA)
> 
> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
> 
> thx


I'd recommend using a newsreader like Thunderbird and the web version sucks.

-Joel

janderson wrote:
> guest wrote:
>> who likes this forum-SW ???
>> (i think it's a PITA)
>>
>> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
>> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
>>
>> thx
> 
> 
> I'd recommend using a newsreader like Thunderbird and the web version sucks.
> 
> -Joel

Seconded, though any threaded NNTP client will do.

Some people really like newsgroups and threaded discussion.  There have been long threads about this previously.

By the way - I like SMF too ;).  Regardless, I don't think it's within Walter's comfort zone...

-[Unknown]


> who likes this forum-SW ???
> (i think it's a PITA)
> 
> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
> 
> thx

"guest" <guest@dm.com> wrote in message news:eng89a$8qm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> who likes this forum-SW ???
> (i think it's a PITA)
>
> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
>
> thx
I believe a while back a few people kicked around the idea of creating a protocol for modern forums, so clients could entirely govern display whichever way they wanted as opposed to using a single interface for web forums.  Anyone interested in experimenting with this?

Ameer Armaly wrote:
> "guest" <guest@dm.com> wrote in message news:eng89a$8qm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> who likes this forum-SW ???
>> (i think it's a PITA)
>>
>> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
>> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
>>
>> thx
> I believe a while back a few people kicked around the idea of creating a protocol for modern forums, so clients could entirely govern display whichever way they wanted as opposed to using a single interface for web forums.  Anyone interested in experimenting with this? 
> 
> 

I'm interested.  Was actually talking about this very thing with a friend a couple days back.  I'd personally like to see support for NNTP, HTTP, and even SMTP/POP (that's right)  all at once from one forum server, with some concept of user accounts so I can "take my settings with me".  Definitely opens the community doors wiiiiiiide.

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Ameer Armaly wrote:
> "guest" <guest@dm.com> wrote in message news:eng89a$8qm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> who likes this forum-SW ???
>> (i think it's a PITA)
>>
>> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
>> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
>>
>> thx
> I believe a while back a few people kicked around the idea of creating a protocol for modern forums, so clients could entirely govern display whichever way they wanted as opposed to using a single interface for web forums.  Anyone interested in experimenting with this? 
> 
> 

I think forums/newsgroups are one of the biggest factors in hooking and retaining people to a project.  It would help by a huge amount if D's webpage forum didn't suck.  Didn't someone come up with some alternatives web viewers in a previous discussion?  Why aren't we using one of those?

-Joel

I used to be the lead developer for SMF, the software mentioned.  I've heard talk about this (not much) before, but the trouble is simple.

Too much competition.  If anyone implemented it, it would just be them.  Some have to a degree.... it's really not that hard.  What's hard is getting everyone to do it the same way.

It would have to be a third party, anyway.  I was never in a position I could make it happen, for this reason.

Anyway, the closest thing currently available is RSS (or other XML feeds various forum softwares provide)... which you can read in your favorite client already.  You just can't respond without going to the actual forum software.

NNTP support is available for a few softwares, but it's just not very popular.

SMTP/POP is available for some softwares, but the trouble with it being out-of-the-box is that it is difficult, on many servers, to configure it properly... and worse, authentication is a lot of trouble.  The From address is about as trustworthy as your daily lump of spam.

Walter also seems to have a general dislike of generated web content (but somehow generated content over protocols other than HTTP are more okay...?)  Just a feeling I've gotten from his posts on the subject.

-[Unknown]


> "guest" <guest@dm.com> wrote in message news:eng89a$8qm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> who likes this forum-SW ???
>> (i think it's a PITA)
>>
>> what do you think about a SMF forum (for example)
>> it would be enhance readability and convenience a lot
>>
>> thx
> I believe a while back a few people kicked around the idea of creating a protocol for modern forums, so clients could entirely govern display whichever way they wanted as opposed to using a single interface for web forums.  Anyone interested in experimenting with this? 
> 
>