Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:07:34 06/26/99
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On June 26, 1999 at 13:35:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 26, 1999 at 13:17:22, Pete Galati wrote: > >>This works just fine, it doesn't need improving. >> >>Pete > > >I disagree. The 'forum' is fine. The 'delivery' is pitiful. I'd _far_ >prefer the typical newsgroup interface to this slow, clumsy, net-lag-sensitive >approach. IE newsgroups feed my local machine all the time. And I can read >them at my convenience with _zero_ delays of any kind. Plus I can search for >old topics easily. None of that is possible here. > >So the 'place' is very good... but the netscape/IE4 front-end is woefully >lacking compared to usenet news interfaces... > > > I'm a bit leary of change for the sake of change, but yes this is very slow. The convenient thing about being html based is that it is easily tided to all of the other CCC stuff like the resource center and a few things that I haven't looked at etc. Is this format real slow on a Linux sys? It's slow in Windows & Netscape but I wouldn't complain about it because it's very dependable. Pete > > >> >>On June 26, 1999 at 13:12:53, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>Hello all, >>> >>>This forum seems to work ok, because there are many interesting posts, which is >>>the most important. However the (web-only) interface is very clumsy. It could >>>easily be improved. >>> >>>The most important suggestion is this: e-mail each message to the members. With >>>a simple "in-box rule" we then can transport the messages to a map "CCC" on our >>>computer at home. And voila, as good as a real newsgroup! >>> >>>Of course the current web-interface can be maintained, as archive, where you can >>>check if a message is really posted. >>> >>>For a very good example of how this could work, take a look at www.egroups.com. >>>This is a place where everyone can start his own mailinglist. It too has a web >>>based interface, but the members of a group can choose for e-mailing the >>>messages. Moderating is supported very well too. If the messages can be mailed >>>to a moderator, they can as wel be sent to everyone, no? >>> >>>A second suggestion is the possibility to search for messages a la deja. >>> >>> >>>Regards, >>>Bas Hamstra.
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