Bryen wrote:
But people without desire to use nntp would just continue to use the webforum interface, right? I'm not sure I quite understand why there is a learning curve here.
Kim is referring to the learning curve for people who have not used NNTP, not for those already using NNTP. They have to figure out a) what is NNTP?, b) how do they allow NNTP traffic if their local firewall blocks it and c) what software supports NNTP.
Kim explained it very well in his reply - he was talking about the admin side rather than the user side. For the end user, AFAICT nothing will change unless he or she decides to switch to nntp.
Beyond that, there is the issue of people like me who frequently use web interface over NNTP because of environmental limitations. When I'm at a customer site and I need to get a quick answer to something, I may not be able to use NNTP because either a) they don't have NNTP installed on their machines, and b) their firewall may explicitly ban NNTP.
But that's not really an issue is it? I'm not suggesting nntp instead of the web interface, I'm suggesting it in addition.
When Novell switched to their new format a year or so ago, I had to stop using the forums specifically for this reason. I couldn't get in to post questions/answer questions, because some of my customers wouldn't allow NNTP. I sorely missed the web interaction option, and thus, Novell lost me as a participant/contributor to the forums.
Uh, maybe I'm way off track here, but I really thought the web interface was still there??? I don't use it myself, so I could well be talking rubbish.
Novell needs to keep both options open and offer that flexibility to its users, customers and partners because Novell can't predict what environment I'm going to be in day-to-day.
Absolutely - I wasn't suggesting anything else.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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