[OSCTC-planning] creating an osctc-users list to complement this one

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Thanks for the digest.  It looks lovely.  My only worry is what percentage
of our users will have difficulty with it.  General marketshare (<
http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcustomd=0>)
suggests that something like 35% of browsers won't be able to view
discourse, which "is a JavaScript application designed for the next 10
years of the Internet, so the minimum web browser requirements are high".

I can't seem to find out what it looks like for those users.  Are you still
presented with an interface where you can sign up for the mailing list?  If
so, then I think I'd like to move forward and set it up to try it out.




On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Alex Bayley <skud at growstuff.org> wrote:

>  It's totally smooth.  They're quite nicely formatted and readable, and I
> simply hit "reply" in my email client and it all works.
>
> The default Discourse setup is to send a digest to members about once a
> week to let them know about what's going on, plus immediate notification of
> 1) any post where they're @mentioned, or 2) replies to their own posts.
> You can additionally "watch" areas you want more notifications about, or
> "mute" ones you really don't care about.
>
> I will send you a copy of a recent digest from Growstuff for you to see
> what it looks like.
>
> A.
>
>
> On 23/10/2014 10:11 am, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
>
> I've been meaning to try Discourse!  Maybe this is a good fit.  What's
> your experience been with getting forum posts as mail? That's a pretty
> important feature for this use case, I think...
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Alex Bayley <skud at growstuff.org> wrote:
>
>>  Growstuff recently switched to using Discourse (http://discourse.org/)
>> instead of Mailman and we're very happy with it so far.  I know you're
>> probably going "ugh, web forum!" but you can actually set it up to behave
>> in a very mailing-list-like manner (sending you emails for every new post,
>> and reply-by-email; emailing to create new topics requires a bit more
>> fiddling but is also possible).
>>
>> One of the things we like about Discourse is its searchability and
>> transparency; people can easily see what the project is up to without
>> having to painstakingly grovel through unfriendly mail archives, and it's
>> easy to respond to older threads if the topic comes up again, which helps
>> keep conversations organised by topic.
>>
>> Anyway, I know many people love Mailman, and I know where you're coming
>> from as I was one of them until recently, but if you're looking for a
>> change this might be something to consider.
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
>> On 23/10/2014 5:49 am, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  A lot of the knowledge of what's involved in running an OSCTC event is
>> being lost, as it's primarily contained in individual osctc event mailman
>> lists.  (We've got a lot of them: <
>> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo>).  Searching these lists
>> collectively is so difficult as to be impossible.
>>
>>  I'm hoping to create an osctc-users list for people who are running
>> OSCTC events to ask questions on.  While I hope that past event organizers
>> will remain on the list and contribute advice and answers to queries, one
>> of the key features of such a list will be having a single archive of
>> information.  Unfortunately, mailman does not do archives well, at least in
>> its current incarnation.
>>
>>  I've found the Mail Archive:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#newlist
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with Mail Archive?  Do you recommend it?  Do
>> folks have other alternatives to suggest?
>>
>>  best
>> Shauna
>>
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