X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/3bccedd49230314f44d26aafa4391cb1217213ed..3a04e96389def78bcb873a4487b85f4d75653199:/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn b/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn index 54cc8e888..4468a65b1 100644 --- a/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/MUA-like_access_to_forum__47__blog.mdwn @@ -34,40 +34,4 @@ done with mailing lists? (I don't mind a hacked solution that solves the problem for me, but if it's not just me being crazy, I prefer a general-purpose solution that helps everyone) - - -[[!tag wishlist]] - -Maybe I'm not using ikiwiki right, and I'll appreciate any advice on this, but -it seems to me that using ikiwiki instead of a mailing lists has some major -weaknesses which I fail to overcome, but which may be possible to fix, maybe -using some client-side software. - -The problem: Mailing lists give me things I need but can't find here, so I'm -failing to track the [[/forum]], [[/todo]] and so on: - -- With MLs I can easily see what I read, to what I replied, mark things with - colors and labels if my MUA supports it -- With MLs I can easily send a reply, without going through git. Reading and - writing happen together in the same dedicated UI - -I know I can subscribe to [[forum]] and to individual posts' comment feeds, but -it's not the same - I don't see the tree of comments like in e-mail. Either I -sort by creation time (not seeing evidence of more recent replies) or by -last-edited time, or perhaps by last comment (then busy pages cause less busy -ones quickly go deep into the list and are never seen by the user). - -Is there an existing solution to this? - -Random ideas, maybe direction for a solution: - -- Make client software which takes a local git clone of a wiki and operates on - it, while the user sees an MUA-like interface -- Add some plugin to ikiwiki that can cooperate with an MTA: listen to e-mail - on a mailing list with specific formatting and put the content into a wiki. - -What do you think? How do you keep track of the forum etc. in the same way it's -done with mailing lists? - -(I don't mind a hacked solution that solves the problem for me, but if it's not just -me being crazy, I prefer a general-purpose solution that helps everyone) +-- [[fr33domlover]]