[Elecraft] [K3] Nabble: new look and feel (if you read the Elecraft list on the web)

[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

If you read the Elecraft mailing list through the Nabble website, please read
on.
If you don't, but want to, please read on.
If you don't, and don't want to, well, I guess don't read on.

* What if I don't use Nabble?  What effect does this change have on me?
Absolutely none.

* What is Nabble and why should I care?
The good folks (and new management) at QTH.net support the Elecraft mailing
list, but the web site they provide for read and searching the list from
your browser is more utilitarian than featureful.  For most hams (who read
the Elecraft list in their own mail program) that's not an issue.  But many
people now prefer to read mailing lists in a "forum" or "bulletin board"
style, and so there are other options.

Of the options currently supported, the one most like a bulletin board is a
web site called Nabble.com.
You can visit this in your browser and begin reading the list, search, and
even reply (if you're subscribed both at the QTH.net site and have a Nabble
account.)
   
   http://n2.nabble.com/Elecraft-f365791.html

If you forget this site, don't worry; a simple web search for "elecraft
nabble" will turn it up.

Now, on to the point of this message.

* Nabble new Look and Feel
I've changed the default view on Nabble.  You'll now see a few different
groups of messages: general Elecraft, K3, KX1, etc.   Click on one of "View
More" links to see more posts on that topic.  

Be aware, though, that almost all posts are still going to show up in the
main forum, because that's where mesasges from everybody who just sends mail
to the Elecraft list goes.

* How does this work?
Nabble has a concept of sub-forums, but in this case they're all backed by
the same mailing list.  I created K3, K2, KX1, etc. forums a while back and
they seem to be working ok.  All posts created on Nabble there go to the
Elecraft mailman.qth.net list just fine, but they show up categorized on
Nabble.  Posts mailed in directly to QTH.net will still show up in the main
forum, so you'll have to read both.

But if you post messages to the list from your browser using the Nabble web
site, please try posting from the appropriate sub-forum.  If you put a
subject on your post that begins "[K3]" or "[K1]" that will help the hams
who read the list in their mail readers as well.

* What if I don't like it?
Just click on the link at the top of the Nabble page that says "Topics View"
and it will go back the way it was, with one exception: the "pinned topics"
(the one that always show on the first page) for the K3 have moved to the K3
sub-forum, so you'll have to look for those there.

* What if I still don't like it?
Send me mail.  Please don't ask Elecraft about it, because they don't run
the service and are busy sorting resistors, hi hi.

Leigh/WA5ZNU
K3#51
K2#3121
KX1#712
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