A real Forum for D

[Jimmy Cao]

2011/11/27 Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a>

> "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 outdated newsgroup software in use.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 old != outdated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 Seriously, what's with people's "old == outdated" bullshit these days?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.
>
>
>

Everything is moving to the cloud and to the web.  Many people, including
me, only use the web interface for webmail providers like Gmail now.  To
me, Thunderbird and Outlook are less desirable now that there's a web
interface that you can access with all the computers that you use every
day.  Now, your "all-in-one" browser can replace all those scattered
background processes.

Why are online bulletin boards/forums attractive?

   - The entire interface is designed for message board communication.  You
   can navigate easily as the interface organizes conversations into pages.
    For example, you can just click on a link and you will find all the that
   you yourself started.
   - The interface allows you to permalink individual posts and share them.
   - The capability to edit posts.  This is extremely useful and a major
   advantage.
   - Sticky posts - Posts that are very important and should be locked at
   the top so that they are easily accessible.
   - Profiles - you can visit a person's profile to learn more about him.
    This person can set his own avatar, his contact details, and even his
   website.
   - Convenient and fully-featured searching - you can do a search even if
   you are a new member of the forum.  A good web interface or search engine
   on a NG allows this, but not with the same capabilities.
   - Post count (friendly competition and statistics)
   - Better hierarchy of forums - you have forums and subforums.
   - Private messaging.  Sure, you can do this via email, but with a forum,
   you have your own private message inbox for better organization and access.
   - Easier moderation - I would imagine that admins can delete or move
   posts much easier on a forum.
   - Sometimes the interface will tell you if someone is online or not.
    You can also see the amount of people who are viewing a subforum or a
   thread.
   - Extensive formatting options - colors, graphic smilies, quotes, code
   highlighting with GeSHi, etc.  By the way, a while back I submitted an
   updated D syntax highlighting guide to GeSHi, so eventually Wikipedia and
   Wikibooks might highlight D2 fully, too.
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