More phpBB like forum?

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Daniel White <twinbee42 at skytopia.com> wrote:
>> Waitin' 'til '91 or so to see if this whole "Internet"
>> thing pans out?
>
> Lol. In all fairness though, a centralized phpBB-like forum
> would allow editing of posts, and probably other advantages
> (better quoting, and image support) - something not available
> in this current system.

And better code formatting, and a reduction in sockpuppetry, and - the
big one for me - remote state.  I have two computers, one of which is
dual-booted, and I use lab computers as well.  A newsreader client
does _not_ work for me.  GMail + mailing lists is _okay_ but I'd
really prefer something that was really made for this kind of
discussion.

>> What about dsource?
>
> Aha, so there is a forum. But case in point, I didn't know
> about it. Okay, having a look at the main DigitalMars D site
> I've just found a link to the dsource site, but it wasn't a
> main link on the left side panel, so it's very easy for
> newcomers to miss.
>
> Except it's probably not meant for newcomers, as there's no
> 'help' forum there. But to have two seperate forums/lists is
> a pain surely? Would it be good for them to be unified?

The other problem with the dsource forum is that next to no one uses
it.  Notice the most recent post on there is from over a month ago.

It would be great to have a unified interface.