[tdf-discuss] Re: user forums ?

Hi, Florian,

On 11/7/11 3:55 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Tom Hart wrote on 2011-11-07 02:11:
> > Maybe this looks more like a forum?
> >
> > http://arkanis.de/projects#nntp-forum
> > https://github.com/arkanis/nntp-forum
> >
> > The key idea here is to have an etablished system newsgroup under the
> > hood (for the more "conserative" users) and a fancy webinterface forum
> > (for the "new" generation). So to enable exchange between those two user
> > groups (the author also writes about the ides behind this software on
> > his blog) - and free choice of reader for everyone.
>
> thanks for this proposal! Indeed, an interesting approach, as in the
> beginning, I was also thinking about setting up an NNTP server (which
> could even interact with the mailing lists).
>
> However, the clear feedback I got from users it that they want "a forum
> they know", i.e. phpBB or something in these terms. That's why I am so
> hesitant against other solutions, although technology-wise, they would
> make sense.

If the look and feel of a newsgroup server is "a forum they know", does 
it make any difference what is running in the background?

How would that be any different than reading the LO mailings lists in a 
newsgroup reader using Gmane?

> It's about the users and their needs, and even if we see things
> different, we should follow their demands to give them a good
> experience, IMHO.

Exactly, and give users the interface they are comfortable using.  For 
me, it's a newsgroup "experience".  I, and I suspect most users, care 
less what is the driving force behind what they see on their monitor. 
They just need to have something on their monitor they are used to 
using, and/or are satisfied with the way they perceive the system to work.

I know mailing lists, which I despise and find horribly wasteful for me, 
are the underpinnings of the NNTP display I see, but I don't care.  :-) 
 I can access the content of the mailing list using a format that fits 
me.   :-)

FWIW, if nothing else, I would suggest LO look at their own Gmane and 
Nabble type access to the mailing list.  Recent and ongoing experiences 
with those interfaces for a different software product indicates to me 
that using third party services to provide those types of access is not 
the way to go.  You have no control over the performance of third party 
products.

I will once again say, that of all the open source programs I've tried 
and would like to use, LO is far and away the best organization at 
providing a help system for everyone.


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