On Tuesday 13 March 2007 11:36 pm, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
Hi,
We're currently using mailing lists and IRC (and person2person chats) for answering user questions. But: - IRC has no history (yet; when's that bot coming online?) - mailing lists are not that easy to browse and search.
Should we make a forum for users?
Pro - One place where users can find information, organized by topics - Users are used to posting on forums, and we might get a larger community Con - Soon it will get too crowded, and (some) developers won't have the time to answer all the emails; we need a strong community, and advanced users knowing the code, and for this we need documentation
As a developer, I'd stick to mailing lists. As a user, I'd say forum.
What's your opinion?
personally I find email the best for discussions. I check it everyday, I don't have to learn how to use yet another forum system, searching is easy (I use kmail) and most mailing list keep archives. Best regards, Dave. -- Dr. David Holden. See: <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request. -------------------------------------------------------------