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Originally Posted by silvermountain View Post
To argue that a separation of the two forums (old and new) would cause a lowered development focus for the legacy OS would, I think, make most 770, N800 and N810 users smirk a bit these days as we are already the neglected ones. This way at least we might have a forum that is readable
Well, I am an N810 user, and a N900 user*, and I for one read threads about legacy applets like Advanced Backlight because I want it on the N900, and other things from the N900 that I should have an interest in as an N810 owner. The thing is, while the versions are different, the eco systems are quite similar because some key persons on this site (i dunno, qwerty as an example?) will interact with both user groups at the same time and thus see a reason to have both user groups at interest.

Originally Posted by silvermountain View Post
But since it has proven impossible to get such a structure in place here at tmo I think I am naturally cautious when thinking it would work 'over there'.
It's not impossible at all. This is all just PHP and databases. It's a question of resources. And all the resources will be put into the MeeGo forum, not the Maemo forum - because they're only ever put into either forums because they need to if they want to sell devices. There will be no selling Maemo devices, so no resources.

That said, you're probably right. They're probably only going to fix noise if they have to. But... :


Originally Posted by silvermountain View Post

Also, remember that with MeeGo it is no longer an OS dedicated to Nokia devices. There may well be 10's (more?) of devices running MeeGo in a couple of years. I wouldn't want to rely on 'tags' to search such a forum for, say, "N810 applications" and I don't think that it would make sense to have every device as a sub-forum under each category (app, etc).

You may well be right. But consider this: if they want MeeGo to work at all, they HAVE to be good at handling users from many different devices on different versions of software. Or it will fail. So, the question is 15+ vs 10+ on one site and 5 on the other. They will put the resources into making it work for the 10+ new ones. If they don't manage, they won't have success in the future. If they do manage, I might as well be there instead on the smaller, quieter place.

So well, while I see your points and you may have it completely right, I expect them to try harder there.

* You know, it's an odd thing maybe, but with the recent announcements from Nokia, I feel more abandoned as an N900 owner than an N810 owner. The N810 is everything I hoped it would be, but the N900 feels like Nokia just disowned it.

Last edited by volt; 2010-02-18 at 17:38.