Re: Why doesn't the lua list get replaced with a forum ?

[nusret <nbalci_l@...>]

I vote for a forum and shutting down the mailing list.

Regards,

Nusret

--- Raymond Jacobs <raymondj@gmail.com> wrote:

> I couldn't agree more about lua using a forum, I use
> forums everyday
> (such as gamedev.net) and find them much easier than
> the mailing list.
> 
> I don't particularly like my e-mail account
> recording all of the lua
> list interactions, it seems like a waste, since the
> majority of things
> I cannot answer and or aren't usefull to me which I
> just need to
> delete out of my inbox.
> 
> It would be better just to log onto the lua forums,
> go into a specific
> category, and just browse what problems people are
> having, answer
> some, or post one of your own.
> 
> plus, the ability to do a keyword search on existing
> topics allows you
> to easily seek already asked knowledge, I'm sure
> there is a way to do
> that with the mailing list, but I couldn't tell you
> how.
> 
> As for the icy north forums, I wen't there first
> before joining the
> list, the lua area on those forums are dead, lua
> needs a well
> advertized dedicated user forum.
> 
> I was both suprised and annoyed to find that lua
> doesn't have a forum,
> since it seems to be the de-facto for many other
> libraries.
> 
> -Raymond Jacobs
> Owner,
> Ethereal Darkness Interactive
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/17/06, D Burgess <dburgess@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can't help but agree.
> >
> > DB
> >
> > David Given wrote:
> > > George Petsagourakis wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > Why hasn't there been a forum set up to host
> all this info and discussion?
> > > > There are certainly more abilities for the
> posters and nothing less than the
> > > > mailing list,..
> > >
> > > Please, no! No no no no no! Forums are awful ---
> they're slow, clunky,
> > > dreadful from a usability issue, they force your
> users to go and get the
> > > messages rather than delivering them to your
> users' inboxes...
> > >
> > > If you absolutely must have a webforum-like
> interface, then try checking out
> > > the GMANE gateway to the mailing list:
> > >
> > >
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general
> > >
> > > But please, let's keep the mailing list!
> > >
> > > --
> > > +- David Given --McQ-+ "Gaping from its single
> obling socket was
> > > |  dg@cowlark.com    | scintillating, many
> fauceted scarlet emerald..."
> > > | (dg@tao-group.com) | --- Jim Theis, _The Eye
> of Argon_ (spelling
> > > +- www.cowlark.com --+ original)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> 


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