Re: Modules

["Eckhart Guthöhrlein" <eckhart.guthoehrlein@uni-bielefeld.de>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> 
> Same for me. I already have too much to read as it is. However,
> I could set up a public forum for ConTeXt support if there are
> people interested. It would solve some problems with separation
> of beginners/experts/programmers. OTOH, it would be HTTP based and
> therefore less accessible than a mailing list.
> 
> What do you guys think?
> 

I think that context support via this list is excellent and that there 
is no need for additional support channels. Personally, I prefer mailing 
lists and newsgroups and dislike forums.
Concerning the separation: I don't know if this is necessary or 
desirable. I assume that the programmers on this list do communicate 
additionally in some other ways. The advantage of combining the user 
levels is obvious: Simple questions can be answered by simple users. On 
the other hand, trickier questions will find their way to the experts. 
As far as I know, Hans is interested in having a user interface 
accessible and understandable to non-experts. So he may very well be 
interested in watching the problems arising when those simple users 
actually try to use the system.
Furthermore, I understand that time (for most of you/us) is not 
sufficient to follow even more discussions from sources like 
comp.text.tex. Most questions in the newsgroups will be answered by 
someone, and/or users will be directed to this list.

Eckhart