More phpBB like forum?

Walter Bright newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Tue Dec 9 11:24:27 PST 2008


Chad J wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> 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.  
> ...
> 
> /remote state/
> 
> YES yes yes.
> 
> This whole client-side state thingy bothers me quite a bit as well.

Yeah, but if it's all on the server (like reddit, slashdot) there's 
another problem. If you're engaged in an active topic, there's no way to 
quickly scan the page to see if anything new is posted. There's no way 
to tell what you've read and what you haven't.



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