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alright, i guess you workplace poachers win! guess you guys'll be old-school forever peace allen On 13 Feb 2004, at 3:50 PM, Dan Ellis wrote: > We are mostly old school here ;-) > > I actually prefer the simplicity of the listserver too and as I mostly > respond at work I don't get busted for browsing the web. Most email > clients have rules processing so all the email goes to a specific > folder > and doesn't clutter up all of the spam in my inbox. > > Dan Ellis > R & D Manager > Distribution Management Systems, Milford, CT, 06460, USA > www.dmsinconline.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vermont Skiing Discussion and Snow Reports >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allen Evans >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:45 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [SKIVT-L] SKIVT-L Forum? >> >> Marc, >> I would use a pre-made package such as phpBB or something like that. >> There is no way I could custom build a forum. This would take >> way too much effort. >> Thanks for the well constructed criticisms, still only one >> person for the idea? >> Allen >> >> >> On 13 Feb 2004, at 3:40 PM, Marc Chrusch wrote: >> >>> Allen wrote: >>>> In any-case, list serves seem kinda old-school (no offense >> intended). >>>> Although they do have some uses, I think that this one >> would work out >>>> better an online forum style. I could probably build a fairly >>>> advanced one of these with topics, user names, profiles, private >>>> messaging, admins, and so on. Anyone think this is worth >> the effort? >>> >>> Hi and welcome Allen. >>> Personally, I wouldn't like the on-line forum approach. With the >>> listserv, since all skivt-l traffic goes through my email client.... >>> 1. It's a *lot* faster than wading around in a browser >> enduring a page >>> load for every single action 2. I don't have to be >> connected to read >>> and respond to posts 3. I've yet to see any forum software with as >>> simple a user interface as an email client 4. It's not as >> obvious when >>> I'm slacking off at work and reading skivt-l posts 5. A lot >> of folks >>> are on dial-up for various reasons, so a browser interface >> would slow >>> them considerably >>> >>>> It would take some time to build (a week) and it is a fair >> amount of >>>> work, so I don't want to bother doing it unless you think it'll >>>> replace (or at least enhance) the current list-serve. >>> >>> I don't know what your background is w.r.t. software >> development, but >>> on-line forum software is actually pretty complex under the >> covers - >>> especially with the feature set you suggest. For one person >> doing all >>> the coding, I'd guess that 1 - 2 months is a more realistic >> estimate, >>> working full time. And that doesn't include integration >> testing, beta >>> testing, or implementation. Also, there are quite a few >> forum packages >>> already written, UBB Threads being one of the more widely >> used ones, >>> so rolling your own is kinda reinventing the wheel. For >> that matter, >>> the skivt-l web site already has a web interface for posts. See: >>> http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html >>> >>> -marc >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. >>> >>> To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html >>> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. >> >> To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html >> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html