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> 2. Forum software is usually fairly awful. I don't want to install some 15 year old pile of PHP with bad UX. Isn't Discourse an answer to that?
by dom96 4y ago
> 2. Forum software is usually fairly awful. I don't want to install some 15 year old pile of PHP with bad UX.
Isn't Discourse an answer to that?
- rapnie 4y agoYes, can use Discourse for async, long-term communication. Or Flarum if you want something more modern feeling (but with a lot less features). And then Matrix for real-time chat. Bridge it to IRC if you want. Search is not great in Matrix but sufficient for simple keyword searches.
- synergy20 4y agoI just checked out Flarum the other day, why is it more modern? I actually found Discourse is still much better. Flarum does not even have nested reply threads as far as I can tell, it's all flat and hard to read for any thread of replies.
- rapnie 4y agoI far prefer Discourse myself, and it is superior in useful features. "More modern" is mostly what I heard others saying in response to me recommending Discourse. Suppose it is a look&feel thing mostly, and personal preference. That said, you can customize Discourse quite extensibly.