# \[ANN\] Ruby Forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 14, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958 "2005-11-14T00:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/1 "2005-11-14T00:02:16Z")
Hi, I have set up a forum that mirrors the ruby-talk and rails mailing lists: [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) If you notice problems or have any suggestions, please send me a mail. Andreas ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/2 "2005-11-14T01:20:39Z")
On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Andreas S. wrote: > Hi, > > I have set up a forum that mirrors the ruby-talk and rails mailing > lists: > > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) > > If you notice problems or have any suggestions, please send me a mail. Wow! I think that’s just smooth. Nice job. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/3 "2005-11-14T01:49:21Z")
james wrote: > On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Andreas S. wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have set up a forum that mirrors the ruby-talk and rails mailing > > lists: > > > > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) > > > > If you notice problems or have any suggestions, please send me a mail. > > Wow! I think that’s just smooth. Nice job. Yes, very. This might become the preferred way to monitor this list 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/4 "2005-11-14T02:05:44Z")
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Andreas S. wrote: > I have set up a forum that mirrors the ruby-talk and rails mailing lists: > > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) very cool > If you notice problems or have any suggestions, please send me a mail. 1. a way to rank/vote for threads would be an immense resource to the communtiy. a collection of the most popular threads would be such a great learning tool - you could seed it with the 100 largest and let the voting take off from there. 2. people with non-threading muas should be banned from being archived on the site. 😉 cheers. -a ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/5 "2005-11-14T02:41:48Z")
On 11/13/05, Anon \ wrote: > I _love_ how simple the design is. Yes. This is very nice. And I love the suggestion for voting. I’d also like to see user modifyable tags if possible. Then we can categorize posts and make it really easy to search them. ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/6 "2005-11-14T02:31:37Z")
I _love_ how simple the design is. Anon ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/7 "2005-11-14T02:59:50Z")
Toby DiPasquale wrote: > james wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Andreas S. wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have set up a forum that mirrors the ruby-talk and rails mailing > > > lists: > > > > > > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) > > > > > > If you notice problems or have any suggestions, please send me a > > > mail. > > Wow! I think that’s just smooth. Nice job. > Yes, very. This might become the preferred way to monitor this list > 😉 Why, exactly? People may use any method they prefer, but what’s wrong with [ruby-talk.org](http://ruby-talk.org), google-groups, gmane, the newsgroup gateway, or the actual mailing list? I find forums to be the most inefficient way to manage information of all of the above. ``` nikolai ``` ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/8 "2005-11-14T03:47:57Z")
Nikolai W. wrote: > > Yes, very. This might become the preferred way to monitor this list > > 😉 > > Why, exactly? People may use any method they prefer, but what’s wrong > with [ruby-talk.org](http://ruby-talk.org), google-groups, gmane, the newsgroup gateway, or the > actual mailing list? An advantage that the web forum adds is that it sorts threads by date of most recent posting, rather than first post. (I wish Thunderbird had that option.) Another is that it’s both portable (thin-client) and personal (keeps track of read/unread via your username). I’ll keep using the mailing list, myself; I’m just trying to answer your question. Devin ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/9 "2005-11-14T03:08:51Z")
This is a wonderful piece of software. A few features I would like to see: - It needs a RegEX to remove all email addresses from the message body (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid → john.doe@…) - While removing the email addresses, it should scan them to see if any of the registered members have that email, if so then link to that user to send them a private message - Notifications. This is one of the main things that I would see greatly shifting me to use the site primarily. Within my user preferences, to be able to customize my key words and add flags. So if someone mentions “Engines” I get a notification sent to me, with the thread that has accumulated already. When new messages arrive to threads I have already received, I only receive the pieces that are new. - Someone else said this already, but I want to emphasize how sweet it would be to track all messages by a certain email (whether they are registered or not) as well as registered members. It would also be great to include this in the search feature as well, to be able to filter the messages by user. There are a few key people that I would like to keep tabs on 😉 In addition, when viewing a profile, to list all the recent posts by this user. - Someone mentioned this already as well, to be able to categorize the message threads by tag. Allowing people to tag things with similar style to that of [de.licio.us](http://de.licio.us), whereby there is a list of recommended tags available below the input which scans the email and grabs the keywords based on the index of tags already. Actually, automated tagging would be sweet. Where people don’t have to actually tag anything, it just scans the message for a index of keywords and whatever ones it finds, it tags it with. So if someone says “Engines” in there message, or “ActiveRecord” or “AR”, then the message gets tagged. - Users could add additional index tags if they feel its necessary, such as “acts\_as\_authenticated”, or “ACL”. In all, these would only make what you have done that much better. But even without these suggestions, it’s a great tool. Nice work! Warmest regards, Nathan. ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/10 "2005-11-14T06:54:24Z")
On 11/14/05, James Edward G. II [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > is too much for me, in addition to Ruby T… I do sometimes need to > search there or ask questions and this will be quite perfect for that. > > Just one opinion. > > James Edward G. II I allways found this [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&r=1&w=2](http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&r=1&w=2) pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/11 "2005-11-14T12:58:45Z")
Devin M. ha scritto: > An advantage that the web forum adds is that it sorts threads by date of > most recent posting, rather than first post. (I wish Thunderbird had > that option.) is’nt that what you get by clicking on “date”? ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/12 "2005-11-14T14:25:50Z")
James Edward G. II wrote: > On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Nikolai W. wrote: > > Why, exactly? People may use any method they prefer, but what’s > > wrong with [ruby-talk.org](http://ruby-talk.org), google-groups, gmane, the newsgroup > > gateway, or the actual mailing list? > I could list a whole lot of things I find very wrong with gmane… 😉 What about google-groups? ``` nikolai ``` ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/13 "2005-11-14T05:03:07Z")
On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Nikolai W. wrote: > Why, exactly? People may use any method they prefer, but what’s wrong > with [ruby-talk.org](http://ruby-talk.org), google-groups, gmane, the newsgroup gateway, or > the > actual mailing list? I could list a whole lot of things I find very wrong with gmane… 😉 Seriously, I don’t subscribe to the Rails list, because the traffic is too much for me, in addition to Ruby T… I do sometimes need to search there or ask questions and this will be quite perfect for that. Just one opinion. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/14 "2005-11-14T14:37:51Z")
gabriele renzi wrote: > Devin M. ha scritto: > > > An advantage that the web forum adds is that it sorts threads by date > > of most recent posting, rather than first post. (I wish Thunderbird > > had that option.) > > is’nt that what you get by clicking on “date”? In unthreaded mode, all the posts are intermingled. Right now, I’m looking at Re: Rmagic 1.9, Re: Heirarchy T…, Re: [ANN] Ferret, Re: rubycocoa, Re: Forum, etc. in the message index pane. I prefer, actually, to sort by Order Received because senders’ mail clients often lie (or are confused) about the current datetime. In threaded mode, posts are grouped together and put in pretty threads. However, a thread that was created at the dawn of time stays at the very bottom my list, even if it was just replied to a minute ago. Since I only read about 30% of ruby-talk, that means I’d never notice it, 'cause it’s just another old unread message. Rather, if threads were sorted by _most_ recent posting, I’d see it as I scroll by the new posts, and get to decide what I want to do with it. (You can argue about the utility of this feature with yourself, but it is [AFAIK] different from what Thunderbird provides.) Devin ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/15 "2005-11-14T14:40:52Z")
On Nov 14, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Nikolai W. wrote: > What about google-groups? The Rails mailing list is on Google G.??? Excellent! Can I have a link please? James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/16 "2005-11-14T15:35:04Z")
james wrote: > On Nov 14, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Nikolai W. wrote: > > > What about google-groups? > > The Rails mailing list is on Google G.??? Excellent! Can I have > a link please? > > James Edward G. II This one? [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en) PS ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/17 "2005-11-14T14:37:51Z")
On Nov 13, 2005, at 11:52 PM, Lyndon S. wrote: > I allways found this [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&r=1&w=2](http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&r=1&w=2) > pretty good. I didn’t see the Rails mailing list there. Please correct me if I’m wrong. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/18 "2005-11-14T15:38:01Z")
On Nov 14, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Pavel Sokolov wrote: > > James Edward G. II > > This one? > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en) Nope. That’s the Ruby T. mailing list, which I already have bookmarked. It’s the “Rails mailing list” I can’t find there… 😉 James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/19 "2005-11-14T15:38:43Z")
elgato wrote: > james wrote: > > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Nikolai W. wrote: > > > > > What about google-groups? > > > > The Rails mailing list is on Google G.??? Excellent! Can I have > > a link please? > > > > James Edward G. II > > This one? > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby?hl=en) > > PS no. nethermind. sorry for noise ---
**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958/20 "2005-11-14T16:59:13Z")
Devin M. ha scritto: thanks now I understand what you mean [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-forum/47958.md?page=2)