[IGDA_indies] Searchable archive

[Brandon J. Van Every]

I've read the recent archives.  There's not much to look at right now,
but assuming this list grows and becomes a useful resource for indies,
the archiving infrastructure is inadequate.  It needs to be searchable.

Also, traversible without a month-by-month segmentation architecture.
Also, easy to jump back up to a toplevel index.  Right now one does a
2-step shuffle of going back to the main mailing list page, then down to
the archive again.  Realize that when people read archives, often they
read / skim many articles in a row and it's a PITA to click the browser
back button dozens of times.  I believe that to the degree an archive
has many unnecessary futz factors, people won't use it in the real
world.

But the most important issue is searching.  How difficult is it to add
this capability?


Cheers,                     www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every           Seattle, WA

"The pioneer is the one with the arrows in his back."
                          - anonymous entrepreneur

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