What do you think of web forums instead of newsgroups?

I really like the newsgroups because my email program (Thunderbird) gets all the headers automatically while I'm doing other work and arranges threads very nicely. I've yet to see a web post system that has a good thread navigation system and is as fast as the newsreader for finding and displaying interesting threads and knowing when someone has responded to my post or added a new one to a thread I'm interested in. I'm open to finding it, but if this is like the many other web posting systems I've used, I will end up not using it very often for the reasons I've given.

I like forums, access from any browser, no newsreader needed. I also like the new "look and feel" that emulates the style of the new videos. Very bright, clean, and uncluttered, I'm looking forward to the style being adapted on the other company websites.

Paul

Initial impression, this seems nice enough. I like the newsgroups but there are advantages to doing things on the web. In the end I think the web forums will better serve more people, and thus far the implementation of them appears to be good.

Applause for trying something new. 

I've used forums for news with other software companies. I can certainly get used to them with Logos. And, that the login is already set to know me when I got here is a plus.

I have enjoyed the threads view in OE, and the ability to view years of messages. I hope we'll be able to retain this archieve feature. I just ignore the spammers -- they're a nuisance, but I can kill file them and that's it (except that last batch that used a slightly different iteration of the login for each section of the newsgroups. Since they have to login to the forums, I would hope we could keep these children out of forums.

I don't see the validity of the complaints of having to have a reader -- maybe the Mac community doesn't have one readily available, and perhaps Windose users don't like M$ software -- but since OE (and even LiveMail now) have been built into the basic OS software (at some level) for (literally) years -- well, that dog just don't hunt. I've been able to access the newsgroups anywhere I have been, at home, on the road, at my kid's place.

I think the new forum system is simply an admition that we've move beyond the technology of 15 plus years ago. And, I guess even for us old heads, it's time to come a bit into the 21st c.

Just my two cents, but as always Bob, thanks for asking

Blessings -- Dale

P.S. I'd sure like to have a way to change the default "EMail me..." caveat at the end -- I doubt I'd ever want that, and I'd hate to think I have to manually un/deselete this option every time

Just a test with a short video.

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Great to see the change from the newsgroups to the forums.  Very happy.

At the top of the page next to your username their is an edit button, click on it and you will be presented with various profile and site options.  In the site options there is a couple of options related to e-mails. Not sure if they will do what we are wanting here but I have unchecked them ....  In these options you can set up things like fonts, signatures , timezones,date format., whether or not you want to be seen in the members list and whether or not you want your avatar displayed ect.

Thank you Bob for asking. I got used to newsgrougs way but I think web-based forums are more usual for more people. I have no problem with it. It looks nice here and I hope all guys from newsgroups will move here. I would miss them very much [:)]

Have a great day.

Bohuslav

For me, the forum approach is far better.  Just don't make me add my picture.[:)]

FWIW = video humbnail appears, but the link appears to be dead

Dale

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