[Webscreamer]

Hey all,

I got hired by Macworld Sweden to design their new online forums. I was wondering what you all think makes a great forum in terms of design (like MacNN). Do you have any other forums that you go to that you like the design of?

The project starts this Monday and i'm excited to get to add Macworld to my portfolio and client list.

Cheers! Any imput is very much appreciated!

[Cody Dawg]

Congratulations!

That's quite an accomplishment.





Not many people can say that they have that sort of thing in their portfolio.

However, I hate Macworld USA. Their online site is terrible. Their mods suck. They constantly censor everything over there.

Hopefully your site for Sweden will be nothing like the USA version which is

[D'Espice]

Don't over- or underdesign it. If it's too bloated people will hate it. If it's too simple, people will start bitchin'. Tough luck

[Cody Dawg]

What great advice by D'Espice. Exactly right.

MacNN seems to have the best online forums site that I've seen and used. If I was to put up a site, I'd use vBulletin also.

[Thilo Ettelt]

Originally posted by Webscreamer:
Hey all,

I got hired by Macworld Sweden to design their new online forums. I was wondering what you all think makes a great forum in terms of design (like MacNN). Do you have any other forums that you go to that you like the design of?

The project starts this Monday and i'm excited to get to add Macworld to my portfolio and client list.

Cheers! Any imput is very much appreciated!

Keep the fonts small and the number of posts per page high. I noticed this by comparing MacNN Forums to Macuser.de Forums. In the Macuser.de Forums the font size is way too big and only a half a dozen replies per page. This way it's not fun to browse a forum imho.


- Thilo

[Cody Dawg]

Hey, Thilo.

How do you pronounce your name? Just wondering. I have an English friend and I want to compare the way you say it to the way he says it.

Thanks!

[Thilo Ettelt]

Originally posted by Cody Dawg:
Hey, Thilo.

How do you pronounce your name? Just wondering. I have an English friend and I want to compare the way you say it to the way he says it.

Thanks!

T-Lo A-tilt -- i dunno, the last name is hard to pronounce in english i think.


- Thilo

[Cody Dawg]

That's how my friend says it!

I swore that it was "THEE-lo" and he said that the correct pronunciation is "T-lo."

Is that the German way of saying it...or is everyone, English and German, supposed to pronounce it "T-lo?"

(Sorry to derail the thread, guys, but this is important!)

[Thilo Ettelt]

Originally posted by Cody Dawg:
That's how my friend says it!

I swore that it was "THEE-lo" and he said that the correct pronunciation is "T-lo."

Is that the German way of saying it...or is everyone, English and German, supposed to pronounce it "T-lo?"

(Sorry to derail the thread, guys, but this is important!)

About 200 years ago people in Germany wrote a th instead of a single T. I think that is how my name evolved. There also is a "Tilo" without "h". Mine is with h though. And the "thee" is a purely english thing. In German you would always pronouce a "th" like a "t".


- Thilo

[Cody Dawg]

And, it's a German name, hence the German pronunciation of "T-lo," I suppose.

Have you ever heard it pronounced "Thee-lo?" Ever?

[Randman]

Originally posted by Cody Dawg:
(Sorry to derail the thread, guys, but this is important!)

Good thing private messages were invented.

[Cody Dawg]

Yeah, I guess it is.

This particular thread has a good "feel" to it. We like conversing here.

We also like Webscreamer and keeping his thread and topic at the "top" of the thread list.

[Webscreamer]

I have the feeling most people enjoy the lighter colors, not heavy dark colors. Am I right?

[Webscreamer]

Originally posted by Cody Dawg:
Congratulations!

That's quite an accomplishment.

Thank you! Hopefully this will bring me new and bigger clients!

[Cody Dawg]

Yes, it surely will. It's quite an accomplishment.

I'M impressed!

[voodoo]

Originally posted by Thilo Ettelt:
About 200 years ago people in Germany wrote a th instead of a single T. I think that is how my name evolved. There also is a "Tilo" without "h". Mine is with h though. And the "thee" is a purely english thing. In German you would always pronouce a "th" like a "t".


- Thilo

thee is not purely an english thing.

In Spanish it is often the sound for the letter c as in 'cine' and always for the letter z a in 'zapato'.

In Icelandic the 'thee' sound is represented by the letter þ. Icelandic also has the sound ð which is very close to the Spanish sound of d in 'de'.

[Thilo Ettelt]

Originally posted by voodoo:
thee is not purely an english thing.

In Spanish it is often the sound for the letter c as in 'cine' and always for the letter z a in 'zapato'.

In Icelandic the 'thee' sound is represented by the letter þ. Icelandic also has the sound ð which is very close to the Spanish sound of d in 'de'.

Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't know how to express it clearer. I meant the "th" literally. The vocal pronounciation does exists in other language. You are absolutely right.


- Thilo

[rjenkinson]

-r.