Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:11:58 01/21/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 22:03:09, Lonnie Cook wrote:
>To all,
>How many here would like to see a better way and look for CCC? Go to this link
>and see what I mean. COmments are defintely appreciated ESP from ICD as they are
>the ones that would have to implement it.
Personally, I have known about UBB for quite some time. I agree that the
presentation is far better and very professional looking, but as it is, I'm not
convinced it is a better alternative to what we have here. Ignore the looks for
a minute and loot at how the posts are organized. Once a thread is created, all
posts in it are organized chronologically, independently of whose post is being
responded to. This would very quickly become a mess here. Just look at one of
the larger threads here. In it there are many responses, many in turn giving way
to sub-threads of their own. If you take a thread such as the one on Hsu's open
letter, you will see the discussion break up into a number of smaller threads.
One on Hsu himself, another on the validity of DB's victory over Kasparov,
another on Kasparov's position, another on the end of the DB-in-a-PC dream,
another on DB itself and how strong it really was, etc... Other subthreads
almost always follow. If you put this whole thread in a linear chronological
order, it would be quite impossible to understand who was talking to who and
about what. As such, I prefer the threaded tree layout here, even if it isn't as
attractive looking.
Albert Silver
>
>
>http://www.amdzone.com/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=AMD&number=1&DaysPrune=&LastLogin=
>
>This interface is much better ... done with "Ultimate Bulletin Board"
>
>http://www.ultimatebb.com/
>
>Here is one big advantage that I see, go back 20 days in CCC and see how many
>pages u gotta dig up to get so concise and neat as UBB. That url I initially
>gave everyone is 20 days of posts! U can adjust it for last day - 1 year.
>Everyone could set it the way they wanted it.
>
>THEN when u do click a subject you get ALL for your viewing pleasure, saves
>lotta time here too.
>
>It is $82 to lease for 1 year OR $170 to buy it:
>
>Here are some things to look at b4 purchasing it though:
>
>Before You Order...
>
>Make sure you understand the following:
>
>You need to have Perl 5 installed on your web server in order to use the UBB.
>See all system requirements on the Features page.
>
>You should try installing the freeware version prior to purchasing a license, to
>ensure that the UBB can be installed on your server. Refunds are not given for
>failure to install, so be sure to install the freeware version first!
>
>Support is available for you via the UBB Discussion Forum and through email, but
>there is no phone support.
>
>You must abide by the license agreement. Please read it prior to ordering.
>There are no license refunds, with the following exception: if you order a
>license AND professional installation and we discover that we cannot install the
>UBB on your server for some reason, we will refund all fees.
>
>
>And here's the bottom line! To show how much I believe in it and how it will
>greatly improve CCC discussions l pay for the first year lease. All Steve has to
>do is approve it. Most important as noted above would be to try out the FREEWARE
>ver first, If it works great, If not then we don't lose nothing
>
>here is where to dl the freeware ver and then u can test it out on your web
>server:
>
>http://www.ultimatebb.com/home/BBdownload.html
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