Borut beat me to it. If you use GMail to subscribe to the mailing list and create a filter to automatically tag messages and move them out of your inbox, then you practically end up with a personal forum system. It works beautifully for every Apache mailing list I subscribe to. GMail keeps it orderly and threaded, just like a forum does. Star helpful postings, add other tags, search to your heart's content (although you have to have been subscribed for a while for this to be useful), don't worry about disk space (seriously, be a pack rat and keep every message) or management, and it is in the cloud, so you can hit the mailing list (your personal forum) anywhere. Also, this approach doesn't fragment the community, which is important -- it is hard enough covering the mailing list with all of the other commitments people have.
Maybe the first FAQ entry be "Subscribe to Tapestry User with GMail"? mrg On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Borut Bolčina <borut.bolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you register on the user mailing list with your google mail account and > create a filter on the mailbox, then you have the ultimate power of sorting > threads and searching the knowledge. It can not get better. > > When I see a forum which has a search link which takes you to another page > where you are presented with unfamiliar and often user unfriendly web form > and later with a result page which also often does not meet minimum quality > requirements, then I see a forum like software as an outdated form of > communication and collaboration. > > Stackoverflow is an ideal service for questions and answers, whereas mailing > list often serves also as a discussion and propositions media. > > -Borut > > 2010/11/25 Paul Stanton <p...@mapshed.com.au> > >> "I don't see why those questions can't be asked and answered on the mailing >> lists. " >> >> you are missing the point. they probably haven't been asked on the ml >> because the user doesn't want to register/subscribe/manage the ml. some >> people have a general aversion to ml's. >> >> p. >> >> >> On 25/11/2010 7:07 PM, Ulrich Stärk wrote: >> >>> I don't see why those questions can't be asked and answered on the mailing >>> lists. >>> >>> If you want to ask or answer questions on stackoverflow, do it. If you >>> want to create a forum that's fine too. But the only *official* help source >>> will be the mailing lists. Everything else will just partition the >>> community. >>> >>> Uli >>> >>> On 25.11.2010 02:12, Paul Stanton wrote: >>> >>>> Andreas, >>>> >>>> Agreed 100%. >>>> >>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tapestry >>>> or as a feed: >>>> http://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/tapestry >>>> >>>> Maybe the tapestry site can leverage stackoverflow as it's recommended >>>> question/answer forum? >>>> >>>> To work however, this would require some of the people here to take >>>> interest..... >>>> >>>> p. >>>> >>>> On 25/11/2010 11:41 AM, Andreas Andreou wrote: >>>> >>>>> You're probably right on the reasons, but the thing is that it's a pain >>>>> having >>>>> to monitor multiple sources of user feedback - there's just never >>>>> enought free >>>>> time to do so. >>>>> >>>>> And there's also a few big risks: >>>>> 1) Making the community appear to be unresponsive >>>>> 2) Frustrating users who never get their questions answered >>>>> 3) Spreading the info to multiple places is hard to update >>>>> and easy to get obsolete >>>>> >>>>> So, anyway, Tapestry has the mailing list, its website/documentation and >>>>> there's >>>>> always StackOverflow. Perhaps it makes sense to define a strategy on how >>>>> to take >>>>> advantage of that last one though >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 01:36, Paul Stanton<p...@mapshed.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> it did. it's still there but doesn't have the community. >>>>>> >>>>>> the reason it dies was twofold: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. it was very spam prone: the way it was set up did not do enough to >>>>>> limit/kill spammers >>>>>> 2. it did not get the tapestry community support - it was not even >>>>>> acknowledged by the tapestry site >>>>>> >>>>>> that's not to say a forum wouldn't work if setup and supported by the >>>>>> core >>>>>> tapestry community. >>>>>> >>>>>> p. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 25/11/2010 8:18 AM, Robert Zeigler wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Tapestry had a forum for awhile. I think it died. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robert >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 11/244:46 AM , Paul Stanton wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i know most of you guys, who have been using ml for so long probably >>>>>>>> prefer ml, that's not the point! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i guarantee there's a number of users who don't want to configure >>>>>>>> their >>>>>>>> inbox for ml and give up. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> just a thought, if no one can see the benefit i guess it isn't going >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> happen! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i use stackoverflow a lot and attempt to answer or contribute to most >>>>>>>> tapestry questions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> p. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 24/11/2010 8:35 PM, Ivano Luberti wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I prefer ml to forums and in nay case ML web archives allow to >>>>>>>>> search >>>>>>>>> them. >>>>>>>>> I cannot see any other advantage of a forum over a ml. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Il 24/11/2010 4.56, Paul Stanton ha scritto: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> how about adding a forum? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> personally i prefer forums to mailing lists, and i believe a lot of >>>>>>>>>> people don't participate in this 'user-group' community and >>>>>>>>>> therefore >>>>>>>>>> don't get help and therefore don't like tapestry... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> if you want to attract more users i recommend this. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> p. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 20/11/2010 8:15 AM, Howard Lewis Ship wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We're still working out the kinks ... and I've been working hard >>>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>>> revising >>>>>>>>>>> the tutorial ... but at long last, we're debuting the new Tapestry >>>>>>>>>>> Web Site: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> http://tapestry.apache.org/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Feedback is encouraged; just post to us...@tapestry.apache.orgwith >>>>>>>>>>> [SITE] >>>>>>>>>>> in the subject. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
