On 2009-03-29, Piero Faustini wrote: > I wonder why could not these discussions been moved to a forum. I mean, > the discussion list is great but is very hard to use for common users.
Because most people here want it as it is. And many people on this list regard themselfs common users. > (I use GMANE for writing/browsing but I still receive daily updates in > my mailbox). If you don't want these, you can unsubscribe from the list and use GMANE exclusively (I do). > A forum-like interface like Nabble would be much better http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists#toc4 says: Alternately, if you prefer a forum-like web-based interface to the users' list, check us out on our `Nabble page <http://www.nabble.com/LyX---Users-f28347.html>`_ [nabble.com]. so this seems possible (it did not work for me, endless loading and no content shown). > There's a LyX forum in "LaTeX community" but it's not as active as this > discussion list; So it seems not so many "common users" prefer the forum. Also, it seems odd to split the ressources. The most impressive thing about this list is that you get fast and to-the-point response from power users and developers. And these seem to have a strong preference for the mail list (much faster working once set up). An easily accessible forum without competent help would be sensless. > anyway I found that, as I did, other users posted something for this > list in Nabble and then didn't get the answers because they didn't > know Nabble don't post messages not posted directly there. So the link to Nabble should either be augmented with an explanation/warning or just removed. I agree that a side-bar link saying "Mailing Lists / Forum" can raise expectations that are not met by linked page http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists. IMO, this page should contain a section Web interfaces / Forum ---------------------- that points to the web based GMANE interface http://news.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general (and maybe the Nabble as well with a description on how to post there). Günter
