A real forum for Squeak

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Mon Oct 10 17:25:16 UTC 2005


On 10 oct. 05, at 18:30, Christophe Tricot wrote:

> That's right but, with mailing list you receive ALL the messages  
> but with a forum you receive only subjects you subscribe.
>
> I imagine a forum with:
>     - topics for the language (resources, tutorials, ...)
>     - topics for the environment
>     - topics by projects,
>     - topics for FAQS,
>     - topics by contry, state, ...
>     - ....
>
> It's very difficult to found information only with keywords. I  
> think it's really important to organize messages to share all this  
> knowledge about squeak. I'm a "new squeaker" and for me it's harder  
> to found information about squeak than any other language/environment.

cool squeakers prefer to be a closed club.
the lesser the better.
May be one way would be to see how we can push the email stream into  
a forum?
I really understand your feelings since lot of people told me the same.
So give a try.

Stef


>> IMHO, forums are almost useless on a slower data link that is not  
>> always online.
>> And yes, I would love a faster line but there is no suitable  
>> service available where I live. 56k modem is what I am forced to  
>> live with for now.
>> I much prefer the email list.
>>    Ken
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> (I don't speak very well English so I'm sorry for mistakesŠ ;-) )
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a forum about Squeak like phpBB (or smallBB??). I  
>>> think a forum is better than a mailing list because of users can  
>>> organize discussions by themes and, users can subscribe to  
>>> subjects or kind of subjects to follow discussions. Furthermore,  
>>> everybody can easily consult old messages and users with rights  
>>> can manage the organizations of subjects. If you want more  
>>> details you can read features of phpBB here: <http:// 
>>> www.phpbb.com/features.php>http://www.phpbb.com/features.php
>>>
>>> What do think about this idea?
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>>
>
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