A real Forum for D

[Abrahm]

"Jude Young" <10equals2 at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.1127.1322417735.24802.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> 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 outdated newsgroup software in use.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 old != outdated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 Seriously, what's with people's "old == outdated" bullshit these days?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.

It could have ancillary benefits: filtering may be possible if there is 
an indication of whether the post originated in the NG or in the forum. 
"Kids" are likely to use the web, while adults the NG. NG S/N: High. 
Forum S/N: Low.

:)

Abe