Subj : What I Don't Like About Synchronet
To : Mvan Le
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Apr 30 2007 11:41 am
MvanL> * I don't like the board/sub-board (RA-style group/subgroup)
MvanL> file/message area categorising method.
what "RA-style group/subgroup" style? don't use it if you don't like it... RA
didn't have it for a long time but it was one of the most requested functions
asked for...
MvanL> Traversing the Maximus Usenet style divisions are a more
MvanL> logical/relational/intuitive breakdown of message groups &
MvanL> areas. (imo). And the heirarchies can be embedded deep.
hunh? "usenet style divisions"?? can't say that i've ever seen anything like
that... matter of fact, i've found that it can be rather confusing... then
again, there are times that i find RA's stuff to be confusing as well...
the biggest "problem" comes from folk who expect every board to be just like
every other... that happens because they are not aware that the sysop has the
freedom, with properly designed software, to make things look and act like they
want and not just get stuck with "skinning" capabilities...
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MvanL> But Scott Dudley disappared off the face of the earth. I don't
MvanL> blame him. So now there's only a half-arsed intermittently commited
MvanL> ragtag user group left.
apparently you don't have all the facts, either... bob jones is limited by a
job contract in what he can do as far as developing and coding anything... the
limitations of that contract are almost expired... until that expiration time
passes, he felt that it was safer for the existing code to not be handled by
himself so that it would not be misclassified and have that company he was
contracted with trying to claim it for their own...
