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Re: The future of LDraw?
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:02 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
In lugnet.cad, Remi Gagne wrote:
Sorry, but there's no conceivable way LUGNET is easier to post to than flickr.

Yeah, you're probably right. :)

I don't even notice that I enter "to" here in the Name and E-mail fields (the
rest of my name and e-mail is auto-filled by IE) and check that "I have
carefully read... blah, blah" checkbox; that has become a conditional reflex
over all these years.

/Tore

The bottom line is that LUGNET needs to change how it handles users.  At a
minimum the authentication emails have got to go.  I'm a member and I use the
web interface so I can just log in and skip most of the annoying things (e.g.
entering email, "Terms of posting" checkbox, authentication email, etc...) but
for those who came after LUGNET stopped adding members, this is a huge pain.

Timely info!  I'm in the middle of filling out LUGNET's (absurdly long) Member
sign-up page, hoping to streamline posting... but that's useless & dead?  I was
going to suggest LUGNET make memberships free, push the donation requests more,
change member IDs from random numbers to user's email, blah blah blah.  But is
that even possible?

I do, however, like the confirmation screen since I can fix spelling/grammar
errors that I missed the first time or add something that I forgot to include.

Agreed!  I love Preview. But this is an easy win-win: just add a 'Post' button
next to Preview, don't force the issue.

I also like the fact the LUGNET forces you to use you real name, no hiding
behind your anonymity here.

Also agreed.  But that need not change if LUGNET moves to a different login-in
authentication system.

I guess my biggest & most evil yet realistic question would be: is it worth the
effort needed to save LUGNET?  I'd be happy to volunteer, but I can't help feel
that most of the world has spoken, and moved on...


Remi



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(...) I am very tempted to change the subject line of this branch of the discussion tree into "The future of LUGNET?". I know, it was mostly my "fault" the this thread changed subjects. But to me, it's the strength of the tree structure. Then anyone (...) (14 years ago, 16-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: The future of LDraw?
 
(...) The bottom line is that LUGNET needs to change how it handles users. At a minimum the authentication emails have got to go. I'm a member and I use the web interface so I can just log in and skip most of the annoying things (e.g. entering (...) (14 years ago, 16-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)

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