A real Forum for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-11-27 23:30, Walter Bright wrote:
> Those are all desirable properties. But the forum software I've seen
> throws out what's good about NNTP news forums:
>
> 1. Threaded view
> 2. Being able to mark messages as "read"
> 3. Being able to quickly scan read vs unread

Just because this may be true for most of the forums doesn't mean it 
needs to be true if d-p-l.org gets a new forum.

> BTW, most forum software is pretty much unreadable on small, mobile
> screens because all the real estate is consumed by the borders, avatars,
> decorations, gee-gaws, etc. Even text-only reddit blows on the small
> screen because the text refuses to reflow.

Then that's just bad design. If the forum is designed correctly there 
won't be any problem.

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/Jacob Carlborg