Yotam Barnoy a écrit (le 10/07/2016 à 16:47) :

> […] I've found gitter to be ideal for this, much more so than IRC
> (which has a high barrier-of-entry).

what is so complicated about using the web interface to IRC [1] ?

what about the barrier‐of‐entry to that gitter? i’ve never heard of it
before and i’m not sure what’s so new there (apart from the built‐in
persistence), but as i understood, it is a github service so it would
require a github account (and to accept to be publicly linked to that
github account, and to rely on proprietary solutions, etc·), whereas IRC
requires nothing.

> I'll enquire on IRC (just connecting requires me using an annoying
> service like IRCCloud, which shows the problem -- I can't even post
> the question and get a notification about a response.)

at least the web interface mentionned above does notify you, and even
plays a sound iirc. if you are not served within the hour and want to
stay 24 hours a day to finally see your answer, then structured forums
are better fit to your use than messy instant messaging anyway.

-- 
Glen Mével

[1]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#ocaml

p·s·:

> b. there are tools to scrape gitter history in existence, making the
> fact that they're proprietary fairly irrelevant.

the point about proprietary systems is not a mere matter of retrieving
history…