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<blockquote data-quote="IIsi 50MHz" data-source="post: 4131356" data-attributes="member: 2986">BoardsI almost never use the boards...because I find web-based boards repulsive due to slowness, random feature limitations from site to site, and feeping creaturism (bloated with too many things not relevant to the actual messaging and that I don't care about). I /have/ experienced fast boards, including web boards, so I know that the &quot;normal experience&quot; these days is not the &quot;best experience&quot;. I'd definitely use a much faster board system more.I tend to use EN boards when someone links to them in IRC, when I help someone find something on them, and especially for more durable discussion amoung and notices for the channel operators.Good Stuff (Identity)The identity problem with the channel has always struck me as odd; why is the /official/ chat of the site not named something like #enworld? I'd strongly favour some kind of redirec in the IRC network, so a new channel with a relevant name could be made, and people trying to join the old channel (or trying to join a reasonable guess of the new channel, like &quot;#dnd4e&quot;...if not already in use...) would be shunted into the proper place.Flash RantI'm unlikely to accept a Flash-only chat solution because I would not want to have to load a browser to access chat, rely on extensive logs, and Flash has never earned its name. Flash is slow the same way that Maytag equipment is one of the most frequently repaired of all brands; illusions of speed and reliability are created by marketing (and naming, for &quot;Flash&quot;).IIsi 50MHzChanopirc://irc.otherworlders.org/#dnd3e</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IIsi 50MHz, post: 4131356, member: 2986"] Boards I almost never use the boards...because I find web-based boards repulsive due to slowness, random feature limitations from site to site, and feeping creaturism (bloated with too many things not relevant to the actual messaging and that I don't care about). I /have/ experienced fast boards, including web boards, so I know that the "normal experience" these days is not the "best experience". I'd definitely use a much faster board system more. I tend to use EN boards when someone links to them in IRC, when I help someone find something on them, and especially for more durable discussion amoung and notices for the channel operators. Good Stuff (Identity) The identity problem with the channel has always struck me as odd; why is the /official/ chat of the site not named something like #enworld? I'd strongly favour some kind of redirec in the IRC network, so a new channel with a relevant name could be made, and people trying to join the old channel (or trying to join a reasonable guess of the new channel, like "#dnd4e"...if not already in use...) would be shunted into the proper place. Flash Rant I'm unlikely to accept a Flash-only chat solution because I would not want to have to load a browser to access chat, rely on extensive logs, and Flash has never earned its name. Flash is slow the same way that Maytag equipment is one of the most frequently repaired of all brands; illusions of speed and reliability are created by marketing (and naming, for "Flash"). IIsi 50MHz Chanop irc://irc.otherworlders.org/#dnd3e [/QUOTE]

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