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Thanks Mike, I don't always know what to call things.
I used to post a lot on a forum for the Zone diet many years ago. It
had the immediacy of email because frequent posters had a web page
open to it just like it was email and responded right away. I made a
cheat sheet that simplified a lot of data that could be printed two
sided and kept in the kitchen. However, back then no attachments were
available, so I had to post everything in HTML tables (which kept
breaking) and tell people to email me if they wanted me to send them a
PDF file they could print out. That was 4 years ago. As of last week
I still have requests coming for the PDF version, and I have not been
active on that forum for years. It just proves that useful
information can be organized in a way that is easy to find by new
people even years later in a live forum. However, if I could have
attached the PDF file to that post, I would never have realized how
many people found my contributions worth having over the years.
Right now, I use the email option for this list exclusively. I find
the Yahoo group interface unworkable for me. I save all the messages
(except deleting extraneous ones) so I can search locally before
asking a question.
However, I could get real excited about the possibilities of a good
forum environment --especially with the list of features of this one.
Good searching, attached screenshots, organized by subject, and as
easy as email to traverse and respond to. Non-relevant posts could be
deleted once the issues were cleared up. Posts could be reassigned to
the proper forums or threads when needed. Erroneous posts could be
edited with the correct information. A much nicer world for a newbie
to come into after the fact to find useful information to their
questions. This new forum system seems like a big leap forward.
Unfortunately I don't expect it to get a majority --people do not
usually vote for change without powerful convincing arguments. I
don't see any push for discussing all the pro and cons of this new
forum system first before voting.
However, it would be an interesting experiment to have this new forum
environment instead of the current UKB environment. Outside of a
couple of valuable posters, the UKB has not been an environment that
has attracted contributions like It should have --and it is not
because people do not have things to share. If a good forum
environment were available I would bet an AB license that it would
grow to replace this list due to its greater utility. I know I would
switch in an instant if a few of the frequent posters would post to
it. Otherwise, I would monitor both. If I were a newbie, it would be
my first stop to see what was available.
BR,
Dennis
On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Mike wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> I believe that what you are referring to is called "Post Editing" and
> shows as being available on the feature list.
>
> I had the same thought regarding a bulletin board being a blend of
> both the forum list and the UKB. Particularly if suitable categories
> are created. It could be a very quick and easy way to post samples,
> including screenshots as attachments.
>
> The "sticky" feature is also a great way for dealing with the same
> questions that keep getting repeated over and over again, such that
> the thread may be marked as sticky and stay at the top of the list.
> That might serve to satisfy those who have indicated that they would
> like to see reduced traffic of trivial posts and more of the
> interesting ones.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Tomasz,
>>
>> That is an impressive list of features. If I am not mistaken, it
>> seems that it could take the place of both the list and the UKB :)
>> It was not clear on the feature list, but I assume the author of a
>> message can edit it later.
>>
>> Thank you for giving the opportunity to vote on this, I will go
> vote
>> now...
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Aug 28, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>>
>>> Version 3 (latest).
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>> amibroker.com
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mike" <sfclimbers@xxx>
>>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 2:16 AM
>>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Forum or Mailing List - please vote
>>>
>>>
>>>> Which version of phpBB are you offering? There are some
> differences
>>>> that might be important when voting (e.g. attachment support).
>>>>
>>>> http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> In the past there was quite a bit of resistance against on-line
>>>> only solution,
>>>>> but since now the same subject returns and
>>>>> some of you wrote that you would prefer on-line forum (no e-
> mail),
>>>>> here is a poll for you to participate:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/surveys?
> id=2754544
>>>>>
>>>>> There are two options:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Mailing List with web access on Yahoo (as now)
>>>>> 2. On-line only forum (phpBB) - *no* e-mail
>>>>>
>>>>> When responding keep in mind that option 2 means on-line access
> via
>>>> WEB BROWSER only.
>>>>> The forum (phpBB) only sends notifications about subscribed
> threads.
>>>>> It does NOT allow to read/answer using e-mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>>>> amibroker.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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