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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #75, on July 28th, 2011, 12:54 PM »
Oh, where was that?

(My problem is that I can't help but be more understanding/appreciative when I'm talking with a girl. Female geeks are rare so they're beautiful. But because it's a concious process I'm acknowledging and playing with, that will *never*, ever have any influence over the course of my work.)

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #78, on July 28th, 2011, 02:05 PM »
I've been accused of (and guilty of, to be fair) many things. But this one is new to me.

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #80, on July 28th, 2011, 03:29 PM »
She gave up. After making it clear she wasn't even reading my posts, she promptly asked for an ignore button and was denied one and hasn't said anything since. I think she's headed off to vBulletin, she'll find their atmosphere even more friendly than ours.

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #81, on July 28th, 2011, 05:32 PM »
In the research boards I have admined we hate threaded view, much rather use boards and sub boards to and different topics to keep research organized, with footnotes tagging content and linking to related research could not be easier (well it could be a little easier, however it works.)
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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #82, on July 28th, 2011, 05:37 PM »
I think threaded view has a place, and some forums absolutely swear by it. You can also tell which users regularly use threaded-view sites when visiting a flat-view forum.

I'm not sure there isn't a place for threading in Wedge, but I'm not sure there is either, really. Needs more work, I think.

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #83, on July 28th, 2011, 05:51 PM »
Quote from Arantor on July 28th, 2011, 05:37 PM
I think threaded view has a place, and some forums absolutely swear by it. You can also tell which users regularly use threaded-view sites when visiting a flat-view forum.

I'm not sure there isn't a place for threading in Wedge, but I'm not sure there is either, really. Needs more work, I think.
Sure, I wasn't saying otherwise. I just don't like it when someone tries to talk for everyone ;)

Almost wonder if wiki + threaded discussion would work better for others. Forums can't do everything ;)

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #84, on July 28th, 2011, 05:57 PM »
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Sure, I wasn't saying otherwise. I just don't like it when someone tries to talk for everyone
*nods* I was more just clarifying where I see it coming from, which pretty much agrees with your experience. Footnotes are a core feature, which is neat :)

Wiki + threading suits some kinds of types of sites, mostly when you have the wiki for an article and the threading for its comments, rather than anything else. Forums shouldn't do everything, they should concentrate on facilitating discussion, which a wiki doesn't (it primarily aims for content distribution).

As for threading, it seems to me that it's stronger on blogs than on forums, but it does engender a strange turning of the clock back since it harks back to how Usenet etc works.

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Re: Wedge and SMF directions
« Reply #85, on August 1st, 2011, 10:18 AM »
Quote from godboko71 on July 28th, 2011, 05:51 PM
Almost wonder if wiki + threaded discussion would work better for others. Forums can't do everything ;)
But one of my points is that Wedge is not 'simply' forum software... :^^;:
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