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Topic: Tell me about the future
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wrightc
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posted 06-16-2000 09:50
   
OS/2 eZine is currently in the process of being overhauled (as you can see by our new look and new set of contributors). What would you like to see happen to it?The OS/2 Supersite is in need of a similar overhaul. One idea was to fold it into OS/2 eZine, combining the content of both sites and making it an OS/2 "portal." Some people like this idea, some don't. What do you think we should do? We'd like to know. So tell us.
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Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
Editor-in-Chief, OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com)
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RobBasler
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posted 06-16-2000 14:13
Thanks for bringing back the next/previous article links, one little thing though, how about putting them at the bottom of the article, since that's always where I find myself when I want to go to the next article.I would prefer to keep the OS/2 ezine and the OS/2 ss separate, not for any good reason though. |
CraigM
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posted 06-16-2000 19:00
I think an OS/2 Portal would rock because a one stop for all my OS/2 news would save alot of time. ------------------
Craig Miller
"Cool software...when is the OS/2 version coming out?" |
kb7nmu
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posted 06-16-2000 20:32
I like the new look of OS/2 Ezine. Definitely put the next/prev article links at both the top and bottom.I would prefer to see OS/2 Ezine and OS/2 Supersite remain seperate. By all means link between the two, but keep them seperate. |
fooser
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posted 06-16-2000 21:55
I do like the new design of Os2eZine. Not that I disliked the old format. I am a bit puzzeled by the former editor's attitude on OS/2 of late. Maybe eCommStation will re-shape his attitude. The content of the new Zine IMHO is superb. Please keep it up. Quality writing here. Don't worry about the typos. We understand that this will take care of itself in time. I would advise to keep the Zine as "mean and lean" as possible.
Content and quality of info is far more important than flashy java applets. I cannot think of any good reasons not to separate the Zine from the SS. The idea of one portal is interesting. If it would not work out, would it be reversable? |
ShyGuy
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posted 06-17-2000 00:18
Well I have the OS/2 supersite in my daily visit bookmarks the main reason being I check it out to see the Warpcast headlines and what is new at Hobbes. These features should be more prominent. What I think the supersite needs is more fresh content, I know that is the most time consuming thing to add to a site, but more people visit if they know something new and unique is at the webpage.
Even simple Things like putting a little feature blurb at the site on the week that the ezine comes out mentioning some of the articles and features it has in that issue.
Oh, and a big link to www.ubersoft.net should be right at the top. That's all I have to say for now. B)
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RobBasler
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posted 06-17-2000 14:37
One more thing, on the front page where the discussion forums are listed, it would be nice to have a link to the overview page that shows all the discussion groups and the number of replies, since ideally that is where I want to go first to see what is getting talked about.I think I'm getting the hang of those little icons now. |
Rene Pawlitzek
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posted 06-18-2000 01:01
Yes, please combine www.os2ss.com with www.os2ezine.com to create one big OS/2 portal. I would like to see OS/2 news with slashdot.org style. |
Kevin Salisbury
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posted 06-18-2000 11:54
I vote for combining the two. First, I think this would be easier for you to manage. Second, I like the idea of stopping at one place for all my OS/2 needs. Merging e-zine with the os2ss really *would* make a cool 'super-site'. :)Keep up the great work. I agree with the post above - we don't care about the typos, we know that they will work themselves out in the long run. |
kidmarc
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posted 06-19-2000 05:05
A "Preview" button next to the "Submit Reply" button to assist in correcting formats and misspellings would be nice.Combining the SuperSite and eZine may provide some problems - clutter. The eZine's current look may become lost with the portal idea as many of those are cluttered. If you can combine without clutter, fine. The icons are okay. You may want to add an "Off" selection and set it to default. Peace
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wrightc
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posted 06-19-2000 10:00
As far as I can tell, this version of UBB has no "preview" button that I can see... also, the icons are either on or off, not user configurable.
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Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
Editor-in-Chief, OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com) |
timur
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posted 06-19-2000 13:04
Yes, please merge the two web sites together.For years, I've been telling OS/2 users that the key to survival is to combine forces. When two people each try to do the same thing separately, both suffer. Competition WITHIN the OS/2 community does not help us. Think about it: let's say there are two people working on a web site. Each person only has enough time to do half the necessary work. What happens? Both web sites are 50% incomplete, and so they're both worthless. Now take those two people and put them to work on the same web site. One person can do half the work, and the other person can do the other half. And then we have one site that's 100%, and everyone benefits. [This message has been edited by timur (edited 06-19-2000).] |
JoJo
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posted 06-20-2000 10:02
I would like to see ONE SUPER BIG portal ;-) No one here mentions www.os2.org a site which i really visit daily, and has potential to be *the* portal right now. Add eZine content and we have a super site ;-) |
wrightc
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posted 06-20-2000 10:58
Well, the reason we don't mention os2.org is that we don't have access to it.OS/2 Supersite, WarpCast and OS/2 eZine are hosted and run by the same people... so it's feasible to talk about combining any and/or all three of them. It's something we could do comparitively easily. Combining with someone else's site is not quite as easy... ------------------
Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
Editor-in-Chief, OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com) |
TheAntiGates
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posted 06-22-2000 13:26
First, CONGRADS!! CONGRADS!! TWO in A row, an' the pedal on the flo'!!What I'd like to see is Jim Cannavino and Bill Gates go on Jerry Springer Live, with a follow-up show featuring John Ackers and Lou Gerstner. Summary conclusion: Bill to Jim and John: Hey guys! you can't talk about Lou that way anymore...She's my B!T@H Now!! |
Osman, I
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posted 06-22-2000 14:59
Why, Timur Tabi, your description of useless websites sounds like you're speaking of your own -- a web site that's updated once every blue moon. Now that is something to cry about. |
ShyGuy
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posted 06-23-2000 05:43
Sorry, I just added this post to get the flaming folder icon.By the way, os2.org is down, has anyone heard when they expect to get it back up? |
Arkay
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posted 06-23-2000 08:32
Osman, IThe difference is that Timur's website, although not updated recently, is still usefull. At least, his programming site. I haven't checked out any other's lately, but if you can think of updates for it, maybe you should e-mail him some suggestions. ------------------
Richard R. Klemmer
richard@webtrek.com
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Damien*
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posted 06-24-2000 15:15
Thank you for putting energy (back) into this. I certainly do appreciate it. Comments:Make the articles a little more printer friendly by breaking the left frame the way you did with the JAVA article. That way I get text on more than 55% of each page. I'm with those folks that asked for "prior" and "next" arrows, both top and bottom. The VNC with OS/2 article doesn't fit the printed page. While I truly do like the new look, I am one of those that liked Trevor's slightly beige background from about 3 years ago. Oh well. :-\ I like the simplicity of this mag and I'm not certain that a merger with the Supersite will help at all. Perhaps an "affiliation" instead. Either way, put a link on THIS page!! The value of the past issues in a searchable index is immense...oh, well, it's still great to have it there. I have downloaded many of those issues to long term storage and I'd like to complete the archive over time. Will you make them available for down load again. [When I'm ready to upgrade to a high bandwidth service, it might not matter, but it certainly is handy now.] Thanks for doing a great job. Will look forward to more and better over time. D* P.S. I must have missed the part about re-registering as a forum member. I looked in the directory where I keep such info and found a note for this forum. Well, I'll re-do it after the post. |
Pavel
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posted 06-25-2000 13:37
Keep a link on the supersite, but do not combine those two. I do not know what your relationship really is, but having more *separate* OS/2 sites|magazines|forums|lists|etc. should be better.Is EDM still active? |
wrightc
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posted 06-25-2000 21:44
As far as I know, EDM/2 is currently not active but they're trying to get it up and going again...
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Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
Editor-in-Chief, OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com) |
FrMike
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posted 06-29-2000 09:51
I remember when, long ago, the OS/2 eZine site carried news items in a format similar to the monthly recap you can read nowadays at the OS/2 Voice website. This was a Good Thing since the Team OS/2 Austria site, which had been a good news source, was getting erratic. Then came WarpCast, which I chose not to dump into my mailbox because I avoid mailing lists. When OS/2 SuperSite came onto the scene, including its archiving of WarpCast, I thought things were better than ever.
Now you propose that the two sites be merged. Well, I'm scratching my head, because I thought they pretty well were already. This is not simply a matter of their both being served from the same subnet--they are both "owned" by Falcon Networking. (I put owned in quote marks since Falcon Networking gives the impression that it has forgotten that it supports them.)
The eZine and the SuperSite have different, compimentary missions: one contains articles that go into some depth while the other serves mostly as a well-organized links page. Both fit their roles very admirably. The eZine was idle for a time; I rejoice that now you have brought it back to life. The SuperSite seems to be going through the same thing. I hope that its resuscitation won't take so long. |
Reinout van Schouwen
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posted 06-30-2000 15:05
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Originally posted by timur:
Yes, please merge the two web sites together.For years, I've been telling OS/2 users that the key to survival is to combine forces. When two people each try to do the same thing separately, both suffer. Competition WITHIN the OS/2 community does not help us.
And the Linux community keeps telling us that the competition within their leagues (KDE vs Gnome etc. etc.) is driving innovation! Reinout
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Rolf-Thore
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posted 07-01-2000 06:51
I like the new version.
Stay on supporting OS/2. Portal for all OS/2 world is no good, but similar sites, could keep it together. I an living in an "OS/2 desert" in Norway, but I will keep in running , privat and in my construction company (http://www.byggfornyelse.no ).
I would like to get the possibility to download the complete "actual number" of "the newspaper", like before, so I can read it off-line or make a rpint copy to "read in the sun". |
thedoctor
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posted 07-12-2000 00:31
I'm a little uncertain OS/2 has a future other than following simular to AmigaOS or ATARI other platforms. I'm not so certain Windows is entirely to blaim here. Linux has really taking the market. I even converted. I still support OS/2 but I've not had an OS/2 job in over a year and a half. Believe me I've looked. Now Linux has made me rich.
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wrightc
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posted 07-12-2000 11:50
There's a lot about Linux to like -- I use it at home, too... it is my file/print server, my DNS server, and my firewall. I also have it installed on my workstation and I use it from time to time. There's a lot about Linux that I find very interesting...It's complexity, however, is not one of those things. ------------------
Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
Editor-in-Chief, OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com) |
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