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Is it time to re-structure talk.maemo.org ?
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fatalsaint
2009-12-14 , 18:40
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Here is just my $.02. I have noticed over my brief return that it is getting increasingly confusing to tell between those that are posting for N900 or N8x0. I have just started to assume everything is N900 unless specifically noted otherwise. So yes, finding stuff for my N810 is a little cumbersome.
However, I mostly use the "new posts" link and read through there and I have no problems as I like to follow the N900 threads as well. I may well end up with one some day and want to be informed, but also - the development of Maemo 5 should impact Mer in some way (if the Mer project is still active) and Mer is supposed to be the Maemo 5 for the N8x0 types.
I would think Texrat is on to something with a complete re-org as I understand "talk" is just a subsection of Maemo.org. So Maemo.org as a whole might need a new configuration that somehow separates the various platforms into separate forums, and/or very specific subforums for those platforms. Detailed Information and Wiki's would also need to be grouped.
Although where to draw the line is confusing.. do we do each platform? N770, N800, N810 and N900? Do we group N770-N810 together? Remember the N770 had about as much compatibility with the N800 and N810 as any of the three now do to N900... but due to hacking and the people on this forum the N770 was brought up to speed with the N800/810 that made them almost identical. What happens if the same thing happens again? Do we re-org again since posts relating to the N900 will suddenly be relevant to the older ones?
My only
real
concern is.. the last time we did a big thing like that was from iTT to maemo.org... and I'm sorry - I simply couldn't stand the new forum layout. I participated in the vote to get the "old" black-style interface back but got the impression that it simply wasn't going to happen. Thus, I stopped coming back. The new layout really bothered me that badly that trying to force myself to read it was more painful than I cared to bother with.
I have now learned that very shortly after I stopped returning Reggie added the black back (BIG THANKS BTW).. and have started participating where I can again... as this older "cludgy" vbulletin style formatting is simply easier for me. I would be worried that if we do another complete re-org that we might lose the backwards compatibility again and I would once again be without my Maemo information
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Granted that's selfish.. and I am but one person... but I happen to like it here. This community is by far one of the best technical communities I've been in... I personally hate Ubuntu's.
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