Re: [libreoffice-website] Feedback on Discourse testing

On October 5, 2020 4:33:53 AM PDT, "Sveinn í Felli" <sv1@fellsnet.is> wrote:
> Þann 5.10.2020 10:47, skrifaði William Gathoye (LibreOffice):
> > If you want to find the proper tool to answer all our needs
> (democracy
> > management, mailing list frontend, etc.)
>
> I'm glad you mentioned a mailing list frontend - after reading through 
> the threads I was getting worried:
>
> "Maybe this forum takes off and we get rid of mailing lists, resulting 
> in more community participation from a new generation/developers."
> <https://vm222.documentfoundation.org/t/forum-not-q-a/97/10>
>
> I'm all for adapting the interface for newcomers and new generations, 
> but eliminating mailing lists would also get rid of those who *really 
> like* how email works. Primarily the fact that email comes to me, but I
>
> have to lookup the forum/website/whatever. Big difference.

Set your Discourse account to "mailing list mode" and you can have what you want.


> Another unfashionable thing: would be really nice to have RSS-feeds, 
> perhaps one for most recent topics and some others per category. For a 
> quick glance to see if there's a question I can answer, nothing beats
> an 
> RSS-button in my toolbar.

A quick search reveals that RSS is a supported feature in Discourse.

It might be worth your time to evaluate the software rather than assume the worst.

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