Re: [libreoffice-website] Website issues

Hi David,

David Gessel wrote on 2013-09-29 17:40:
> I find it a little odd that is easier to find the founder's email
> addresses (and email them and get a response) than it is to post a
> question on the forums website.

I guess you are talking about AskBot (ask.libreoffice.org), not the 
forums? Or are you refering to the forums?

About these, I can't comment much, as they are still in testing mode. 
About AskBot:

> First - it appears that you can only log in via federated login
> mechanisms.  It would be an understatement to say that I find such

Sadly, this is due to one of AskBot's current limitations. One could 
create new accounts without e-mail verification, however, we are legally 
required to have these (double opt-in). As long as there is no solution 
to that problem by upstream, we can only rely to the current form of 
login, even if that's a bit unconvenient for some users.

> Second - since I can't ask that question without logging in, I attempted
> to use the site feedback mechanism to ask.  You use reCaptcha, which is
> utterly useless.  These tests are always annoying and when so stringent

Same story here, I fear - it would require someone to improve upstream 
AskBot to support other Captchas or mechanisms. That being said, we had 
a hard time in the wiki with finding something appropriate, and whatever 
we do, it will always be inconvenient to some.

Sorry I have no better news at hand at the moment.

Florian

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