And just to reply to myself - there already is a sort-of forum interface
to the OM list available via Nabble.
http://www.nabble.com/Olympus-Users-f15032.html
Not quite the same as a real online forum, but pretty slick, well
organised and reasonably up to date (seenms to lag by an hour or two).
Paul
Paul wrote:
> I have to own up to helping run a photography forum (or BBS, if you
> must) @ photocamel.com and have wondered occasionally about how great it
> would be to get the OM list integrated into the site, with the ability
> to post to the forum and have it distributed to the list, or vice versa.
> Technically it's achievable (think yahoo lists - but without the awful
> interface), but I'm pretty sure the listees (is that a word?) much
> prefer the current setup, and I can't blame them.
>
> There are some compelling advantages to the on-line format though -
> threaded messages that are usually easier to navigate, embedded images
> which make it much easier to view and comment on, but it's a *big*
> change to a list setup and I think also changes how people interact in a
> big way. An email response is still a form of private conversation,
> whereas the threads put up on a forum for the world to see can take on
> different connotations and provoke very different reactions...;)
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> "Johan Malmström" wrote:
>
>> If you mean that I can have both, I'm in. It, to me any way, would be like
>> if you could comment in the list archive, and that would be nice. So if we
>> can have both I say yes, otherwise it's a big no from me. I would rather
>> have a parallell chat room, but I think the charm of this is list is based
>> on the fact that it is a list.
>>
>> / Johan
>>
>> On Thursday, August 31, 2006, at 10:51PM, Komtanoo Pinpimai
>> <romerun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>
>>
>>> How about running the forum along with mailing list, I've seen some forums
>>> running it this way, one advantage is people from outside can join our
>>> discussion while providing offline mode to the rest of members.
>>>
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