My 2 cents: I love this mailing list. I use gmail which has threading and - even though I don't work on VoIP technologies anymore - I sometime spend some minutes to look at these messages. So refreshing! <div><br></div>
<div>Ciao,</div><div> R<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Metik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-list@metik.com">freeswitch-users-list@metik.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">There are many folks that are transient in terms of interests as<br>
evidenced by the serial nature of their endeavors and defunct projects<br>
(although I post occasionally, I prefer to contribute in other ways;<br>
e.g. occasional stray payments via paypal, helping users offline,<br>
etc.). It does seem that a web forum, whether it is their ease of<br>
access or their churn in volunteer moderators or their proprietary<br>
software (which becomes a prison for content), generally reduces the<br>
quality of the information exchange. Although I believe a better search<br>
interface would be a valuable tool to the mailing list as well as a a<br>
web-based forum (with RSS support, etc.) for "newbies", most users like<br>
the fact that one can use a program or service (Thunderbird, Outlook,<br>
Gmail, etc.) that they are comfortable with to perform rather simple<br>
searches to watch topics in which they are interested. All without<br>
having to worry about some poorly written SQL queries executed by a<br>
program running on under powered servers resting in the cloud that you<br>
have to go through layers (e.g. advanced search prompts, CAPTCHA, etc.)<br>
to do something that should only take a few seconds.<br>
<br>
What might be most useful is to author a more polished introduction<br>
(newbie) guide. Although I don't have the time now to it myself, I<br>
would be willing to sponsor (i.e. fund) it so that more people are<br>
introduced to FS.<br>
<br>
-metik<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
Ben Langfeld wrote:<br>
> There may be a forum, but such a thing cannot be expected to succeed<br>
> if there's competition with an already established list. Such a thing<br>
> would have to replace the mailing list to succeed. I believe this<br>
> would help the FreeSWITCH effort amongst newer users and lead to much<br>
> faster growth. The barrier to entry of a mailing list is a tad too<br>
> high for some since it presents an impression, justified or not, that<br>
> the list is where the elite hang out and is off-limits for newbies,<br>
> whereas with a tidier forum setup that would allow for a "Newbies<br>
> Corner" might avoid this. Mailing lists are showing their age these<br>
> days - as demonstrated by the difficulty in responding to this on<br>
> digest mode - I have to strip away every other thread first.<br>
><br>
> I'm convinced that a full shift to newer, better organised and more<br>
> friendly technology would only be a good thing for the FreeSWITCH<br>
> project. Does anyone agree, or am I out on my own on this one?<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Ben Langfeld<br>
><br>
> Wave > Email<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:11 AM,<br>
> <<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-request@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users-request@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br>
</div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-request@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users-request@lists.freeswitch.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Michael S Collins <<a href="mailto:msc@freeswitch.org">msc@freeswitch.org</a><br>
</div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:msc@freeswitch.org">msc@freeswitch.org</a>>><br>
> To: "<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br>
</div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a>>"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br>
</div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a>>><br>
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:54:15 -0700<br>
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH Mailing List - Why not<br>
> a forum?<br>
> There *IS* a forum. A volunteer set it up a few years ago and<br>
> promised to maintain it. The fact that you can't find it is proof<br>
> positive that a forum just isn't the best choice for this<br>
> particular online community. I'd say the nabble site is your best<br>
> option.<br>
><br>
> -MC<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
> On Mar 27, 2010, at 4:51 AM, William Suffill<br>
</div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:william.suffill@gmail.com">william.suffill@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:william.suffill@gmail.com">william.suffill@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> It's been brought up before. I don't recall exactly all the +/-<br>
>> discussed but there are some alternatives for the user depending<br>
>> on their preference. Digest can get a bit annoying in high<br>
>> volume. The list is archived in various places (Gmane.org<br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://Gmane.org" target="_blank">http://Gmane.org</a>>,<a href="http://nabble.com" target="_blank">nabble.com</a> <<a href="http://nabble.com" target="_blank">http://nabble.com</a>>)<br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>> Nabble does provide a forum style interface to the current list<br>
>> if you rather follow it that way.<br>
>> <a href="http://n2.nabble.com/freeswitch-users-f2379917.html" target="_blank">http://n2.nabble.com/freeswitch-users-f2379917.html</a><br>
>> "This forum is an archive for the mailing list:<br>
>> *<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br>
</div>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a>>* (more options<br>
>> <<a href="http://n2.nabble.com/mailing_list/MailingListOptions.jtp?forum=2379917" target="_blank">http://n2.nabble.com/mailing_list/MailingListOptions.jtp?forum=2379917</a>>)<br>
<div class="im">>> Messages posted here will be sent to this mailing list."<br>
>><br>
>> -- W<br>
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