Mailinglist list on inkscape.org
Hi all, Today I wanted to direct someone to our mailinglists, and found that on inkscape.org [1] the listing is probably a bit unclear. What I mean is: the actual mailaddresses are not listed. Any reason for that? Would be great if the section header ("inkscape-announce", "inkscape-devel", ...) would be the mailaddress
-Johan
Dear Johan,
The mailing lists are currently in the process of being replaced.
This is a delicate process, so I'm not going to change the documentation about the mailing lists until we're ready to make the full transition.
Thanks for spotting the issue with the page though, important to smooth out the website's links.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On 8 June 2015 at 17:05, Johan Engelen <jbc.engelen@...2592...> wrote:
Hi all, Today I wanted to direct someone to our mailinglists, and found that on inkscape.org [1] the listing is probably a bit unclear. What I mean is: the actual mailaddresses are not listed. Any reason for that? Would be great if the section header ("inkscape-announce", "inkscape-devel", ...) would be the mailaddress
-Johan
[1] https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/
Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
Hi Johan, Do you mean that you want to be able to click on the mail address, and that would call up the visitor's local email program with a new blank message? As one of those not-so-techy Inkscape users, I would find that confusing. I don't know if it was the old website, or the wiki, or if I'm thinking of some other website. But before I learned about mailing lists, if I would see a link that says "click here to send a message to the developers" or "click here to get help" or whatever, that's just what I would do....only to get the bounce-back error message that says I'm not allowed to send mail to that address. Not a positive experience. So that's just my perspective and opinion. I wouldn't mind if the address appeared alongside the existing links (to subscribe and archive) though :-)
All best, brynn
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...2592...> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:05 PM To: "Inkscape-Devel" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Mailinglist list on inkscape.org
Hi all, Today I wanted to direct someone to our mailinglists, and found that on inkscape.org [1] the listing is probably a bit unclear. What I mean is: the actual mailaddresses are not listed. Any reason for that? Would be great if the section header ("inkscape-announce", "inkscape-devel", ...) would be the mailaddress
-Johan
[1] https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/
Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
To add some perspective:
I get about 2 emails a week from the website. People asking for help. About 20% are about the website, usually registration email failures. The rest are for general help (some I forward here). So I can attest to how clicky a web form is. Even though the contact web admin form is pretty well hidden on certain pages.
Martin,
On 8 June 2015 at 18:39, Brynn <brynn@...3133...> wrote:
Hi Johan, Do you mean that you want to be able to click on the mail address, and that would call up the visitor's local email program with a new blank message? As one of those not-so-techy Inkscape users, I would find that confusing. I don't know if it was the old website, or the wiki, or if I'm thinking of some other website. But before I learned about mailing lists, if I would see a link that says "click here to send a message to the developers" or "click here to get help" or whatever, that's just what I would do....only to get the bounce-back error message that says I'm not allowed to send mail to that address. Not a positive experience. So that's just my perspective and opinion. I wouldn't mind if the address appeared alongside the existing links (to subscribe and archive) though :-)
All best, brynn
From: "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...2592...> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:05 PM To: "Inkscape-Devel" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Mailinglist list on inkscape.org
Hi all, Today I wanted to direct someone to our mailinglists, and found that on inkscape.org [1] the listing is probably a bit unclear. What I mean is: the actual mailaddresses are not listed. Any reason for that? Would be great if the section header ("inkscape-announce", "inkscape-devel", ...) would be the mailaddress
-Johan
[1] https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/
Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
On 9-6-2015 0:39, Brynn wrote:
Hi Johan, Do you mean that you want to be able to click on the mail address, and that would call up the visitor's local email program with a new blank message? As one of those not-so-techy Inkscape users, I would find that confusing. I don't know if it was the old website, or the wiki, or if I'm thinking of some other website. But before I learned about mailing lists, if I would see a link that says "click here to send a message to the developers" or "click here to get help" or whatever, that's just what I would do....only to get the bounce-back error message that says I'm not allowed to send mail to that address. Not a positive experience. So that's just my perspective and opinion. I wouldn't mind if the address appeared alongside the existing links (to subscribe and archive) though :-)
I meant for the site to say the mail address. I was looking for the address and couldn't find it (emailprogram autocomplete ftw) on that page. If you make it clickable, perhaps show a message that you have to sign up for the list first (together with a new link "I know"?) I guess the "subscribe" link fulfills that now, so... just ignore my comment.
cheers, Johan
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Martin Owens