[osg-users] Tutorials

[Peter Gebauer]

> In my perception forums will be more scalable if the user community 
> grows, because you can not expect every member to follow all discussions 
> that are currently happening (or happened if you were on vacation for two 
> weeks).

Or you get a decent MUA. Getting an additional login AND having to run a 
browser to sift through new threads is inconvenient. ML's are simply more 
convenient if you have a wonderfully configured MUA compared to the mucky 
web interfaces.

Speaking of web interfaces, a forum is pretty much a mailing list 
archive in design, isn't there some web interface for mailing lists that 
allows you to browse threads as in a forum? Perhaps you could help out 
installing such software so that the community can choose from two 
interfaces: SMTP and HTML.

Again, I'll stick with my MUA (mutt) since it has better controls and UI 
than any forum web interface I've ever seen. I also pipe my messages 
through procmail which has a vast collection of filtering I require.
It is also conveniently started from my shell so I don't have to click 
around or use the mouse to partake in OSG discussions. (I rarely even have 
the mouse connected)
So you see, a web interface would ruin my perfect setup = not good. :)

/Peter

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> my two cents,
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> Roland Smeenk
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> 	From: osg-users-bounces at lists.openscenegraph.org [mailto:osg-users-bounces at lists.openscenegraph.org] On Behalf Of Ricko 3D
> 	Sent: maandag 27 augustus 2007 6:07
> 	To: osg-users at lists.openscenegraph.org
> 	Subject: Re: [osg-users] Tutorials
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> 	> Nick Prudent wrote:
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> 	> There *is* an OSG discussion forum:
> 	> http://www.3drealtimesimulation.com/3dsceneBB/index.php
> 	> It's just not very official (and not used much, from what I can see...). 
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> 	Great!  I'll bet it would be used much more if it were listed prominently on the wiki like just below the mailing list link or on the getting started page for example. I searched the wiki and found a link to an official FAQ on that site but no links from the wiki to the forum at all.
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> 	> Jean-Sébastien wrote:
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> 	> you'll see the arguments for and against. A compromise 
> 	> may be reached, but the mailing list is here to stay.
> 	> Most OSS projects have at least two mailing lists, some much more.  
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> 	> It's a very effective means of discussing development subjects.
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> 	Thanks for the quick response. Seems funny to say anything is here to stay related to any constantly evolving technology project, or anything related to the Internet. I was just offering my observations coming at this project fresh. My opinion was simply that the mailing list method seems outdated. I wasn't suggesting it is not effective, just comparing it to the features/benefits of newer community technologies I've used on other projects.
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