You'll like a saying I made up:
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Depressed people and Stupid people.
I think this would be the manifesto for your Depressive Realism compadres.
I don't think that "Multi-Touch" is a huge leap over "Touch" screens. Sure some apps in certain usage scenarios would benefit from Touch screens (which are too expensive right now, I am sure multi-touch monitors will be very expensive). But as MS demos, the only person that will really benefit from Multi-Touch is your 4 year old "Finger Painting" in MS Paint ! WTF!
I also see the GUI lags like it does on my Tablet PC.
See image here:
http://synapsedirect.com/forums/storage/25/5978/windows.7.multitouch.missed.a.spot.jpg
Q: What shortcomings endanger the forum's future ?
A: Forums are *VERY* poor information repositories. That is their biggest downfall. Their biggest strength is the ease of posting and the relatively informal back and forth that occurs on them.
I am creating an online community, but I hope to make the posts more information oriented vs. just Q n A and banter.
A newer addition to the forum scene is CommunityServer.org's version. They have implemented a tagging system that is truly a revolution. All aspects of the site (blogs and forums for sure) can have tags.
Check this out http://communityserver.org/forums/default.aspx and click on a few tags to the right of the forums. Let's say you clicked on the "Install Problems" tag... well that would give you a list of the "Install Problems" *regardless of what forum it was posted in*. After clicking on a Tag you can keep clicking tags... like then click "2.1". Then you are looking at Install problems dealing with version 2.1. Cool eh ?
Searching on tags is possible because individual forum posts can be "Tagged". It is interesting to note that the tagging process is quite quick. I believe tags can help keep valuable forum information accessible.
Great article here !
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I'd prefer to live with my depressive realism
You'll like a saying I made up: There are two kinds of people in the world. Depressed people and Stupid people. I think this would be the manifesto for your Depressive Realism compadres.
Wait a sec. Did she say you can't use the KEYboard as a method of mimicking piano KEYs ?
I don't think that "Multi-Touch" is a huge leap over "Touch" screens. Sure some apps in certain usage scenarios would benefit from Touch screens (which are too expensive right now, I am sure multi-touch monitors will be very expensive). But as MS demos, the only person that will really benefit from Multi-Touch is your 4 year old "Finger Painting" in MS Paint ! WTF! I also see the GUI lags like it does on my Tablet PC. See image here: http://synapsedirect.com/forums/storage/25/5978/windows.7.multitouch.missed.a.spot.jpg
Q: What shortcomings endanger the forum's future ? A: Forums are *VERY* poor information repositories. That is their biggest downfall. Their biggest strength is the ease of posting and the relatively informal back and forth that occurs on them. I am creating an online community, but I hope to make the posts more information oriented vs. just Q n A and banter. A newer addition to the forum scene is CommunityServer.org's version. They have implemented a tagging system that is truly a revolution. All aspects of the site (blogs and forums for sure) can have tags. Check this out http://communityserver.org/forums/default.aspx and click on a few tags to the right of the forums. Let's say you clicked on the "Install Problems" tag ... well that would give you a list of the "Install Problems" *regardless of what forum it was posted in*. After clicking on a Tag you can keep clicking tags ... like then click "2.1". Then you are looking at Install problems dealing with version 2.1. Cool eh ?
Searching on tags is possible because individual forum posts can be "Tagged". It is interesting to note that the tagging process is quite quick. I believe tags can help keep valuable forum information accessible.
Great article here !