A real Forum for D

[Jude Young]

On Sun 27 Nov 2011 12:01:24 PM CST, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "alex" <a_bothe at gmx.net> wrote in message 
> news:jatsnd$f71$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and obviously 
>> outdated newsgroup software in use.
>>
>
> old != outdated
>
> NGs are better.
>
> Seriously, what's with people's "old == outdated" bullshit these days? What 
> is this, the goddamn fashion industry? Certainly feels like it half the 
> time.
>
>> Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based forum to 
>> which everyone can register and post D-related questions&answers.
>>
>> So, my recommendation would be to establish a forum based on phpBB or a 
>> similar framework software (btw, it's free and open source, so don't worry 
>> about possible
>> costs!) at forum.d-programming-language.org
>>
>
> phpBB is crap. Actually, anything PHP is crap.
>
>>
>> Even if this idea should be a bit too 'large', please do fix the http 
>> interface for the D main newsgroup thread - it's not working for me and 
>> only gives back a
>> connection timeout.
>
> People are working on a better web interface for the NG. But bear in mind, 
> *any* web interface is going to be inherently inferior to a real NG client 
> simply due to *being* a web interface.
>
>
>
It's not really a matter of "either/or" imo...  
I think that everyone will admit that having an 'official' forum would 
probably boost popularity.

A good place to post questions and search the archives EASILY would 
definitely be a boon.