We have postponed for too long to add a user's discussion forum to Sampa. We are looking for a great forum solution for us to use. Do you know any? Here is what I describe as the perfect solution:
It must allow users to do all the basic tasks of forums;
It must have an administration panel, that allows us to control posts, moderate, create/delete forums, etc.
It must be secure and proven (not XSS vulnerabilities, spam prone, etc.)
It must allow us to override the authentication system, this is, Sampa users already have their account with Sampa. I don't want them to have to create an account on the Forum.
We must be able to "skin" it to fit the Sampa brand;
It doesn't matter if it is hosted or server-install;
It doesn't matter if it is Open Source or Proprietary;
It doesn't matter if it is free, shareware or cost real dollars;
I have this debate with myself over and over again. I'm not talking the traditional text writing, but when you write a blog title, or a tooltip for a button, or bullet points on a powerpoint presentation.
Paul Gross and had this discussion with regards to PowerPoint presentation. He strongly believes that you should *not* add periods (or semi-colon) at the end of bullet points in powerpoint. He calls it noise and a distraction. He won that argument.
But what about buttons and input boxes tooltip. Most of the time those a very short phrases, like "Bold", or "Align left", so it is easy to say that you leave the period off. But what about when you have a long phrase, like "Click to increase the text editor area". That almost begs for a period
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January, 2008
