Hello,
Sorry if I write in wrong section but I didn't find proper.

Will this forum move someday to normal forum engine like Invision Power Board, phpBB... with good view of messages, formatting, user profiles..?
Or there are some reasons not to move or problems with it?

On 19/08/2018 11:08 PM, Andrey wrote:
> Hello,
> Sorry if I write in wrong section but I didn't find proper.
> 
> Will this forum move someday to normal forum engine like Invision Power Board, phpBB... with good view of messages, formatting, user profiles..?
> Or there are some reasons not to move or problems with it?

This is a news group not a forum.
The web interface is driven by DFeed and is written in D.

It has been designed to be very fast (quite a notable feature).

On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 11:11:56 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> It has been designed to be very fast (quite a notable feature).

That's probably why it's down all the time :P.

On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 11:11:56 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> This is a news group not a forum.
> The web interface is driven by DFeed and is written in D.
>
> It has been designed to be very fast (quite a notable feature).

I see this address: https://forum.dlang.org. It is forum.
Ok, even if it isn't a forum, will dlang community have someday the real forum? Are there any movements in this direction?

On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 08:39:38 UTC, Andrey wrote:
> On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 11:11:56 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> This is a news group not a forum.
>> The web interface is driven by DFeed and is written in D.
>>
>> It has been designed to be very fast (quite a notable feature).
>
> I see this address: https://forum.dlang.org. It is forum.
> Ok, even if it isn't a forum, will dlang community have someday the real forum? Are there any movements in this direction?

What are the specific problems solved or opportunities realised by moving to a real forum?

On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 09:52:01 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote:
> What are the specific problems solved or opportunities realised by moving to a real forum?

Normal view, user profiles, formatting of messages (we are programmers - we need format), when reply you don't need to quote...
It's a strange question, really. As though no one was on the normal forums and do not know how they are convenient.

On 20/08/2018 10:38 PM, Andrey wrote:
> On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 09:52:01 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote:
>> What are the specific problems solved or opportunities realised by moving to a real forum?
> 
> Normal view,

DFeed supports multiple views, is there some special one you wish to request?

> user profiles,

Why do you need that? All the information you need is embedded right into the messages themselves (its just emails after all, that yes you can download!).

> formatting of messages (we are programmers - we need format),

My install of Thunderbird has markdown extensions, so I have formatting.


> when reply you don't need to quote...

Plenty of forum users are required to quote. You lose track of what you're replying to otherwise because they are not a tree, its a list of replies only (which is very very bad and which N.G. does a lot better).

> It's a strange question, really. As though no one was on the normal forums and do not know how they are convenient.

I have used both. N.G. are more convenient once you get use to them as a technically inclined person. Especially with DFeed, most have horrible interfaces.

On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 10:55:54 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 20/08/2018 10:38 PM, Andrey wrote:
>> On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 09:52:01 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote:
>> user profiles,
>
> Why do you need that? All the information you need is embedded right into the messages themselves (its just emails after all, that yes you can download!).

View post history, edit posts (don't know how many times I misclick something and a half completed post gets posted which just makes it difficult to read and follow), be able to login I use a different made-up email on every device I post from cause I can't remember the last made-up email I used.

>> formatting of messages (we are programmers - we need format),
>
> My install of Thunderbird has markdown extensions, so I have formatting.

Should need an extension for this. Hell even reddit supports code formatting and that's not even a programming centric site.

>> when reply you don't need to quote...
>
> Plenty of forum users are required to quote. You lose track of what you're replying to otherwise because they are not a tree, its a list of replies only (which is very very bad and which N.G. does a lot better).

If you just want to make a comment on a topic without replying to any specific person

>> It's a strange question, really. As though no one was on the normal forums and do not know how they are convenient.
>
> I have used both. N.G. are more convenient once you get use to them as a technically inclined person. Especially with DFeed, most have horrible interfaces.

Pointing to DFeed as a solution sort of illustrates the issue. Almost ironic considering how you use DFeed through a web browser, but you just host the server on your own machine.

Should not need an extension for this *

delete: If you just want to make a comment on a topic without replying to any specific person
Didn't mean to post this as I don't think any forum really has that unless you just reply to the first post.