You are right, but it is still someone from the console technology community which spawns the thread ... and in doing so performs a valuable service. It's not like he couldn't post to 3D Technology & Algorithms, he just didn't.
But he didn't because we ahvce this artifical schism that has divided 3D algorithms into console ones and PC ones, despite there being no such divide in reality. And this sees lots of new thinking raised in the console forum and overlooked in the PC space where it shouldn't be. MLAA, megatexturing, megameshing, computer shaders on GPU and CPU, and gerenal rendering technologies that shouldn't be missed by one side or the other.
I mean it would fit rather well in the "Game Engine Performance and Features" subforum in my setup ... yet the "Predict: The Next Generation Console Tech" really fits better in a specialized console forum rather than the main 3D hardware forum.
I can see that, but at the same I have to question why? Is it a legitimate division of ideas, or just a convention we're used to? Larrabee featured heavily for a while which is a 'PC tech'. OnLive suggests a possible dumb-terminal future, that is PC based. The hardware developments of GPUs happens in the PC space, so you can't pick a GPU for a console without knowing the PC space. And there's the possiblity of low-power consoles maybe going with mobile hardware, which needs input from those with mobile knowhow.
If we don't include all parties, we are excluding valuable knowledge, so I feel we should be looking for inclusion.
I think you are going to actually lose content with your forum index ... I couldn't even think of a truly appropriate forum to post "Mega Meshes - Lionhead" in, in your setup. Programming? No.
To me it definitely fits here, although that's probably a matter of interpretation of a particular term. Maybe programming is the wrong name, and it should be something like Engine and Algorithms? But for me, the technique is a technique, and where a tool is required to build it, the tool itself doesn't get much discussion. I can't see much talk of tools in the console fora; there are few people contributing with hands on experience of creating code and assets who'll want to chat about what options and developments there are.
c(1) does imply progress, it's not the case in my native language.
(I assumed it didn't in english either, as it makes it a synonymous of progress.)
I'm afraid English has butchered your langauge, and these days lots of words have degenerated their fine-grain meanings to cover basically the same broader idea.
Software/Programming, although it might be better as Software/Technologies or Software/Algorithms.
Or maybe we also want a dedicated programming forum.
A part of me likes the idea of a dedicated programming forum, but the current divisions provide a clear taxonomy. What am I wanting to talk about - a piece of hardware or a bit of code running on it? That defines the forum. Now which subforum?
Actually that's what we're needing, a logistical taxonomy. MfA is wanting a more bottom-up classification from the end devices, where people will look for where to post based on their intended object or sphere of experience. Whereas Rodéric is wanting a top-down structure based on what technological aspect is being discussed. I prefer the latter myself.
