The D programming language newsgroup should lift its game

[Mike Parker]

Don wrote:
> Mike Parker wrote:
>>
>> A big start would be ditching the newsgroups for proper forum 
>> software. I know a lot of people here prefer the newsgroups, but like 
>> it or not this is 2010. Newsgroups are from yesteryear.
> 
> I have to say, most forums seem incredibly amateurish to me. I'm amazed 
> that absolute garbage like phpBB is actually still in use. Is there any 
> *good* forum software out there? It doesn't seem like it would be hard 
> to beat a newsgroup. But...

My favorite is SMF [1], which you can see in action at [2] and [3]. I 
ran it on a DAOC guild website I used to manage and loved how simple it 
was to administer. They are now working toward a 2.0 release, but I 
haven't played with any of the RCs yet.

Another I like is vBulletin [4], which I use regularly at [5] and 
elsewhere. Unlike SFML, it's a commercial offering and I've never seen 
the admin side. Personally, though, SMF is my favorite, both as a user 
and an admin.

[1] http://www.simplemachines.org/
[2] http://lwjgl.org/forum/
[3] http://www.javagaming.org/
[4] http://www.vbulletin.com/
[5] http://forums.indiegamer.com/