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hawhill · 10-24-2014, 03:41 AM

As the KoReader thread is full of micro-issues, most of which are solved, some are discussed and it is a convoluted, intertwined mix of many micro-threads, a separate forum would be a step forward, agreed.

On the other hand, working towards changing convention could be a step forward, too. Nothing but different convention is what keeps people from opening new threads for their problems, but they mostly chose to write into the "one thread to rule them all". I guess it is a bit funny feeling of modesty that lets people do that. What I can imagine is that a "Koreader" or a "Coolreader" tag (like the device tags in the Kindle Developers' board) could help a bit.

On the other hand, I'm not really able to predict what effect that would have on communication. The "one-stop" thread might even have positive effects. Not sure about that.

Overall, the number of issues with those readers might be relatively small. But then, other forums here aren't that active either. And the reader software could in fact profit from having possibilities for sticky posts with announcements, guides and FAQs.

Edit/PS: I just thought about the xda-developers community, since I feel there are parallels. There, it is about the same as now in the Kobo forum: One big thread for a "mod", i.e. a custom ROM. Some of those Mods/ROMs got so big and so much traction that there some n-hundred page threads exists, too. And some of them tried to rectify the situation by creating new forums (though off-site, which might be a big difference). Those forums, however, never got user traction. A few old posts, posing unanswered suggestions, unanswered questions - and that's it, mostly. Only for inter-developer communication, they might be active. And I do *not* feel we need a new Kobo board for inter-developer communication. With Koreader, we're fine with what Github provides (at least, that's my impression). And for Coolreader, well, it's not a community-driven (though agreedly -supported) effort. So this new forum would be mostly a freelance support forum.

10-24-2014, 03:41 AM	#4
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	As the KoReader thread is full of micro-issues, most of which are solved, some are discussed and it is a convoluted, intertwined mix of many micro-threads, a separate forum would be a step forward, agreed. On the other hand, working towards changing convention could be a step forward, too. Nothing but different convention is what keeps people from opening new threads for their problems, but they mostly chose to write into the "one thread to rule them all". I guess it is a bit funny feeling of modesty that lets people do that. What I can imagine is that a "Koreader" or a "Coolreader" tag (like the device tags in the Kindle Developers' board) could help a bit. On the other hand, I'm not really able to predict what effect that would have on communication. The "one-stop" thread might even have positive effects. Not sure about that. Overall, the number of issues with those readers might be relatively small. But then, other forums here aren't that active either. And the reader software could in fact profit from having possibilities for sticky posts with announcements, guides and FAQs. Edit/PS: I just thought about the xda-developers community, since I feel there are parallels. There, it is about the same as now in the Kobo forum: One big thread for a "mod", i.e. a custom ROM. Some of those Mods/ROMs got so big and so much traction that there some n-hundred page threads exists, too. And some of them tried to rectify the situation by creating new forums (though off-site, which might be a big difference). Those forums, however, never got user traction. A few old posts, posing unanswered suggestions, unanswered questions - and that's it, mostly. Only for inter-developer communication, they might be active. And I do not feel we need a new Kobo board for inter-developer communication. With Koreader, we're fine with what Github provides (at least, that's my impression). And for Coolreader, well, it's not a community-driven (though agreedly -supported) effort. So this new forum would be mostly a freelance support forum. Last edited by hawhill; 10-24-2014 at 03:47 AM.