Another idea - for a "Cafe" category ??
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:53 pm
I've found this whole NEW forum thing to be a great idea, and I'm really appreciative of the HUGE effort made by Darren and David with regards to evolving this forum very quickly - by gad, this place has only been open 4 days......and look at it now...!
However, I've noticed that this forum has just one drawback over the Yahoo one.
And it is that with so many different forum "categories", it's pretty tricky to keep up with all the various threads.
So, one idea might be is to have a "Cafe" section (although one or two other current categories might already fit the bill), where one can have an almost online "chat" with anyone who is logged on and on ANY topic.
At least with the single category on the Yahoo group, it was fairly easy to keep a thread going. But with multiple threads, it's a bit more tricky - have to keep hitting the "view post since last visit" link to see if any replies have been posted....!
This is not a complaint - just wondering how easy a "Cafe" category could be set up, where non-specific topics could be "talked about"? May be the description of one of the less used categories could be tweaked so that there's a specific place to go, if one's bored or just wants a chat....?
Maybe the "off-topic" one would be best?
regards
Tim
However, I've noticed that this forum has just one drawback over the Yahoo one.
And it is that with so many different forum "categories", it's pretty tricky to keep up with all the various threads.
So, one idea might be is to have a "Cafe" section (although one or two other current categories might already fit the bill), where one can have an almost online "chat" with anyone who is logged on and on ANY topic.
At least with the single category on the Yahoo group, it was fairly easy to keep a thread going. But with multiple threads, it's a bit more tricky - have to keep hitting the "view post since last visit" link to see if any replies have been posted....!
This is not a complaint - just wondering how easy a "Cafe" category could be set up, where non-specific topics could be "talked about"? May be the description of one of the less used categories could be tweaked so that there's a specific place to go, if one's bored or just wants a chat....?
Maybe the "off-topic" one would be best?
regards
Tim
with the forum, (and given it's still really still supposed to be in Alpha, while things are put in place) so then a "chat" facility might be worth a go.