Re: Web Forum Topics
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > can I request that you find a way to segment the messages being placed
> > in the Listfilter EUforum. It would be useful if people could select a
> > topic for their message and the display of messages was then able to be
> > presented on a per-topic basis.
> >
> > For example, I have no or little interest in the many Linux and CGI
> > messages currently being posted. It would be nice if I could easily put
> > those aside so that they didn't 'waste' so much screen space.
> >
> > I'm sure you have seen other Web based BBs and seen how they have multiple
> > message lists broken up by topic area. The reader can then select a topic
> > area and just see the messages within that area.
> >
> > Currently the EUforum is servicible, but not optimal. On the plus side,
> > it is fast and has a clean UI. On the minus side, it allows almost no
> > user-customizations, no attachments, no topics, etc... Although software
> > like phpBB maybe total overkill, some of their capabilities might still
> > be useful for your forum too.
> >
> > What are the plans or ideas you have for the EUforum?
>
> We don't plan any major structural changes to EUforum until
> after we get the next release of Euphoria out. It's been almost
> a year now since the last release. After that we can take a hard
> look at major ways to improve EUforum.
That sounds fair enough.
> Any method of categorizing messages will inevitably be "sloppy".
Disagree.
> Some people won't bother to choose a category.
So force us to.
> Others will
> choose incorrectly.
Yep. Oh well I guess they get flamed then.
> Some messages will rightfully belong
> to two categories.
Provide 'linkages' then.
> Some threads will start in one category
> but drift into another.
A new thread gets started.
> A lot of us, maybe most of us,
> will end up skimming through *all* new messages, in all categories,
> rather than trusting the categorization system.
"skimming" is a euphamism. The current UI does not easily allow us
to "skim". Quite a lot of clicking and mousing is currently required.
Plus there is a lot of 'noise' in the list. No easy way to follow a thread.
I look forward to this being looked at soon.
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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