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Zer0

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From: Windsor, ON, Canada

Registered: 2006-08-25

Posts: 298

Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

At one point in time I used to visit the Arch forums quite actively in my efforts to contribute back to the community.  More recently, I've stopped reading the forums but I now wish to get back into the "swing of things" and read/write the forums daily.  I'm curious as to any tips or tricks the forum "regulars" know about to better tackle daily forum viewing.

The 2 helpful things I know about are..

Show new posts since last visit
and the lesser known about...
Arch Forum RSS Feed

How do you guys and gals participate in the forums so much and still have time to be a dev, work, eat, sleep.. rofl  you get the picture! Tell us your secret strategy!

smurnjiff

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Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 210

Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I recommend the Vimperator Firefox extension.  Once you couple that with the It'sAllText extension you can zip through the forums very easily.

Shadowmeph

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From: West Coast Canada

Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 208

Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I don't uhave a secret I think that my contribution to the forums is gaving most people headaches from all of my questions lol oh and thats for the tip about the Arch Forum RSS Feed I didn't realize there was one

sniffles

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Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 275

Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I have this simple algorithm:

go to http://bbs.archlinux.org/
open all sub-forums in sepparate browser tabs
close eyes
put finger somewhere on screen
open eyes
see what thread title the finger resides on
open said thread
troll
move to next tab

Today's lucky thread in the "Arch Discussion" sub-forum? This one, of course!

jordi

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Registered: 2006-12-16

Posts: 101

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I recommend the Vimperator Firefox extension.  Once you couple that with the It'sAllText extension you can zip through the forums very easily.

Why do you need It'sAllText? Simply hit ctrl + I

But you can only change tabs while gvim is open with the most recent version of vimperator.

@topic

open every sub-forum in a new tab
open every interesting topic in a new tab
--> work through all the tabs (usually just closing them without reading anything )

Last edited by jordi (2008-06-11 13:16:37)

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Endperform

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From: Atlanta GA, USA

Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 94

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I usually just use the show new posts since last visit link, then check out the post titles that interest me.  If it's something I'm really interested in, I'll subscribe to that thread.

vuboy

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From: Canada

Registered: 2008-03-04

Posts: 78

Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I highly recommend a cup of java for your daily forum travels;-)

VB

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

the "Show unanswered posts" works wonders as well.

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ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,515

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I use the FFox RSS tool Sage.
It's fast simple and runs in your browser, so if you want to place a comment or help you just start typing ...

R.

smurnjiff

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Registered: 2007-06-25

Posts: 210

Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

Why do you need It'sAllText? Simply hit ctrl + I

You can use It'sAllText to edit the reply box.

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

I just open the three forums that are least likely to irritate me:

Announcements
Community Contributions
General Programming

These are the forums with the highest percentage of useful, noteable posts and intelligent questions. If I have a specific interest I sometimes open another forum, for example right now I'm watching the artwork forum for potential schwag logos.

Dusty

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neotuli

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From: San Francisco, CA

Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 1,201

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Re: Tips & Tricks for daily forum reading?

The best way to read the forums is not to. Seriously, try it sometime. Your quality of life will improve tenfold in three days, or your money back!

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