Categorisation Of Forums, Hardware is hardware Options

[Presto]

Please give your opinion on an imminent complete re-categorisation for MacMusic forums.

Personally, I'm quite happy with a simple hardware forum separate from software issues, and I don't care if the hardware is Mac specific or not. I find it very difficult to observe the present rules where computer-specific hardware issues should be posted in OS9 or OSX (which one is not always clear). It's true there are many more posts on the French side, so I agree that more sub categories could help seeing a bit clearer.

I'm happy Damann should agree with me on the hardware issue (see Mini-me topic). I was starting to wonder if my brain was just too simple. This may be a problem of culture based logic.

I correct scientific articles for French researchers wishing to be published in English, and have my work cut out to get their logic simplified and clear for international readers. As my clients do get published when they use me, I presume my simplicity attitude is appropriate.

We are working on a new categorisation for forums, and I do hope the anglo-saxon approach will be heard. Do say what you'd like.

"Hear my cry" (Purcell)

[BusError]

I think the new names for the french forums are problematic; most people use their gear directly or indirectly wiht a computer, so where does one talk about what?

Imagine I have a MIDI+USB synth and a computer plugged into the same mixer.

Using the current sheme, I would be able to talk about the mixer in "os 9 / X" but not the synth, where I would have to go in "Hardware" ?

Why not have simple categories like
+ Software OS9 (thats cubase, vst etc)
+ Software OSX (CoreIdiot, login etc)
+ Hardware (EVERYTHING that has any piece of physical equipment, including their driver and their interraction with the OS)

So, in OS9 we'd have "Can't copy paste with Logic" and in hardware we'd have "Can't get my SpaceSynth III module work with OMS in Cubase". Then if that works maybe re-subcategorize Harware if the number of posts become to large