Better forum

[Walter Bright]

On 12/6/2012 7:37 AM, Rob T wrote:
> I agree, it is very primitive compared to current standards, and the
> existing service is terrible in terms of it crashing all the time and
> breaking up threads, etc.

Crashing all the time? Will not post? I use this all day every day and 
do not see these issues.

Sometimes people who use the mailing list interface see thread breakage, 
and that is a problem.

If you want a more web-centric interface, use forum.dlang.org.

BTW, most "modern" forum software sux because:

1. No threaded view

2. No indication of which posts you have read and which you have not

3. 90% of the screen real estate is wasted with avatars, blank space, 
stupid signature blocks, cute graphics, window dressing, advertisements, 
etc., meaning you have to do lots of scrolling and in general making it 
hard on small screen users. Newsreaders give you just the beef, ma'am, 
and no chaff.

4. NNTP is very light on bandwidth, making it ideal when you're on the 
go using mifi, at a conference with a very slow connection, paying by 
the byte of data, etc.