A real Forum for D

[Walter Bright]

On 11/27/2011 5:40 PM, Jude wrote:
> //quote cause I'm lazy
> 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
> //end quote
>
> 1. Forums can have threaded view too,

Generally, they suck. They just don't get what a threaded view is. Newsreaders 
solved this problem decades ago. A thread is not a topic. It's a view showing 
who replied to which message. Click to expand at each branching point, click to 
contract, click to see a particular message. At each point, you can see which 
messages you've read, and which you haven't.

I've never, ever seen forum software that can do that. If there is one, point me 
to an example.

Every newsreader does this.


> 2. I thought that that was pretty standard for forums?  Highlighting
> for threads you've seen and threads you haven't... not for individual
> messages, but the last number (25 or so) messages you've seen.

Again, the forum software writers just don't get it. It has to be per message. 
Why? So in a larger thread, you can instantly see what is read and what isn't. 
This is NOT equivalent to a chronological sort. I do not read threads linearly.

> 3. click the nice little subscribe to thread button and it tells you
> if anyone else submits something.

Sorry, but that's not it. I want to see if someone replied to a *particular* 
message.

> These are all things that forums have had for a while...

I've used many forum softwares. They all just DON'T GET IT.