Re: [xwt-users] Now c 239923

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

>>Forums are quire a successful point of entry for casual users - take
>>Gentoo as an example.
> 
> 
> Sorry, Eww.
> 
> Forums suck ass on so many levels.

While I wholeheartedly agree, the majority out there seems to like 
forums, mainly because:

* they're usually pretty easy to navigate and search, and
* it's a bit more ignorable than mail if you don't want to bother for a 
while.

The problem I would see for XWT is that the people that would provide 
the help on the forums very actively dislike them, so for *us* I see 
only negative benefits ('see, the forums is dead, so the project must be 
too').

> If they want fast XWT help, there's 
> #xwt.  Subscribing to the list is a matter of a half dozen clicks and an 
> email reply.

Regarding #xwt, I can't be logged in all the time, but I'd *luuurve* for 
there to be an IM-ish #xwt thingy. Maybe a jabber server, maybe a 
IRC-to-IM gateway. Anyone know of such a beast? If it can hop a proxy, 
or work on CLI, so much better.

Emiliano