digitalmars.D - Re: Proposal: digitalmars.D.tango newsgroup
- Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> Nov 20 2007
- BCS <ao pathlink.com> Nov 20 2007
- Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> Nov 20 2007
- jcc7 <technocrat7 gmail.com> Nov 20 2007
- Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yahoo.co.uk> Nov 20 2007
- BCS <ao pathlink.com> Nov 20 2007
- "Bruce Adams" <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> Nov 20 2007
- Robert DaSilva <sp.unit.262+digitalmars gmail.com> Nov 20 2007
- BCS <ao pathlink.com> Nov 20 2007
David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
Regards, Bruce.
Nov 20 2007
Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
Nov 20 2007
BCS Wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
Has it been logged? Regards, Bruce.
Nov 20 2007
== Quote from Bruce Adams (tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk)'s articleBCS Wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
but it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
my own strangely) but nothing I could put my finger on. It sounds like a bug in the web interface.
Oskar Linde has identified some possible bugs in the Web-News web interface: http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=62059When a bug is found it should be fixed rather than the feature being removed, don't you think?
I agree.Has it been logged?
Other that Oskar's postings in the D newsgroups, I don't know. From looking at the web-news sourceforge page, I get the impression that it's not still in active development (note the release dates below), but I'd love to be wrong. From http://web-news.sourceforge.net/: * Release Web-News 1.6.3 (29-3-2006). * Release Web-News 1.6.2 (3-10-2004). * Release Web-News 1.6.0 (20-9-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.7 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.6 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.5 (12-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.4 (8-8-2004). It is open source, though, so in theory we could fix it on our own (if we want to wade through the PHP).
Nov 20 2007
jcc7 Wrote:== Quote from Bruce Adams (tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk)'s articleBCS Wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
but it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
my own strangely) but nothing I could put my finger on. It sounds like a bug in the web interface.
Oskar Linde has identified some possible bugs in the Web-News web interface: http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=62059When a bug is found it should be fixed rather than the feature being removed, don't you think?
I agree.Has it been logged?
Other that Oskar's postings in the D newsgroups, I don't know. From looking at the web-news sourceforge page, I get the impression that it's not still in active development (note the release dates below), but I'd love to be wrong. From http://web-news.sourceforge.net/: * Release Web-News 1.6.3 (29-3-2006). * Release Web-News 1.6.2 (3-10-2004). * Release Web-News 1.6.0 (20-9-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.7 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.6 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.5 (12-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.4 (8-8-2004). It is open source, though, so in theory we could fix it on our own (if we want to wade through the PHP).
Incidentally one reason I use webnews is because when I try to view the nntp newsfeeds in opera I just get "Please read the article in http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=62115 " which makes it pretty useless.
Nov 20 2007
Reply to Bruce,Incidentally one reason I use webnews is because when I try to view the nntp newsfeeds in opera I just get "Please read the article in http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmar s.D&article_id=62115 " which makes it pretty useless.
What OS are you on? I find JetBrain's OmeaReader to be darn good but I think it is windows only.
Nov 20 2007
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:26:41 -0000, Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yahoo.co.uk==
wrote:jcc7 Wrote:=3D=3D Quote from Bruce Adams (tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk)'s articleBCS Wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
but it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
my own strangely) but nothing I could put my finger on. It sounds like a bug in the web interface.
Oskar Linde has identified some possible bugs in the Web-News web =
interface: http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=3Ddigital=
When a bug is found it should be fixed rather than the feature being removed, don't you think?
I agree.Has it been logged?
Other that Oskar's postings in the D newsgroups, I don't know. From =
looking at the web-news sourceforge page, I get the impression that it's not still i=
active development (note the release dates below), but I'd love to be wrong.=
From http://web-news.sourceforge.net/: * Release Web-News 1.6.3 (29-3-2006). * Release Web-News 1.6.2 (3-10-2004). * Release Web-News 1.6.0 (20-9-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.7 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.6 (14-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.5 (12-8-2004). * Release Web-News 1.5.4 (8-8-2004). It is open source, though, so in theory we could fix it on our own (i=
we want to wade through the PHP).
Incidentally one reason I use webnews is because when I try to view th=
nntp newsfeeds in opera I just get "Please read the article in http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=3Ddigitalm=
" which makes it pretty useless.
Right. That seems to be a bug with the newsfeed interface not the nntp o= ne = which works just fine. Unless this isn't showing up properly. -- = Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Nov 20 2007
BCS wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break threading 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
1. that's a bug in the web interface of this ng (meaning news.digitalmars.com) *only* (there may be other, but they aren't related to this ng). 2. No always true, mostly true, but not always true. And forums generally have a great web interfaces and email notifications. You seam to think all web interfaces are horrible, have you ever used a forum that used phpBB? They have great interface and they have a consistency between them that make it even better.
Nov 20 2007
Reply to Robert,BCS wrote:Reply to Bruce,David Wilson Wrote:In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
it is very convenient (posting from it now). Regards, Bruce.
2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with forums you are) I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't want to use it.
news.digitalmars.com) *only* (there may be other, but they aren't related to this ng).
granted2. No always true, mostly true, but not always true. And forums generally have a great web interfaces and email notifications. You seam to think all web interfaces are horrible, have you ever used a forum that used phpBB?
I don't pay much attention to the name of the software but I /think/ I have. However, there are a few things inherently to web interface that I find annoying. 1) If I'm' not on line, I can't even look at anything. 2) they are a web page. anything I want to do requires that the server do it and pass back the results. this includes resorting the posts by date/name/whatever. 3) they don't give me everything they have (and if they did it would take to long). If I want older posts I click for the next page. With an NG reader, I scroll down. I don't think any of these can be solved without putting software on my machine and once you do that, what does a forum have over an NG?They have great interface and they have a consistency between them that make it even better.
I don't care about the interface much at all. Give me; an automatic visual cue when a post arrives, a sortable list of posts (with sort by thread/date/poster), a text editor as good as notepad and spell check. That's and a decent setup dialog and I'm happy with the UI.
Nov 20 2007