- From: Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com <mtanalin@yandex.ru>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:53:31 +0400
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
- Cc: Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com>,www-style@w3.org
05.01.2012, 23:26, "Boris Zbarsky" <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>: > On 1/5/12 2:19 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > >> š"To be clear, I absolutely agree on this. šAn archive with >> šsanerthreading display and whatnot would be a huge step up (and would >> šlookmuch like a forum, in fact; one you post to by sending a mail)." >> šSeconded. It would address a fair few issues, including making >> šthepublic-facing image a lot more friendly. But, to play devils >> šadvocate:if that makes it much more forum like, why not go the whole >> šhog? > > If you have a forum setup that accepts posts over e-mail, can distribute > to e-mail subscribers while preserving threading, allows ccs to mail > addresses, and doesn't require a separate login, then there is no reason > to not go with it from my point of view. > > None of the forums I have ever experienced do that, though. > > -Boris Why are you considering existing forum-engines solely? Why couldn't W3 create such forum engine from scratch? No financing at all?
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