More phpBB like forum?

[Daniel White]

> and - the big one for me - remote state

Is it just me, or can't this be achieved by going to the "Web-New"
section at:
http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?search_txt=&group=digitalmars.D

This is better than what I've seen before, as it's threaded properly.

Dan

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.  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.