BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: RE: modded bbs's De: Hm Derdoc Data: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:41:23 -0700 ----------------------------------------------------------- > Re: RE: modded bbs's > By: Robert Wolfe to HM DERDOC on Tue Mar 17 2026 15:49:00 > Just spent some time there, and yeah, it's very customized, but not better. > I found it rather tedious navigating the screens of "icons", particularly in > the Forums and News Reader sections. Not to mention that the descriptions > are heavily abbreviated for lack of space, so you're not always sure what > your going into. a list mode is definitely needed. "better" is certainly subjective, but you do hit the nail on the head in some ways as to some challenges. running an icon driven board where the icons are 12 x 6 means I have to cut things off at 12 characters, it's not really a problem when I have time and skill to draw a nice icon or go in there and use some human judgment on what to label something, but there are times when I import a lot of stuff, and forums and RSS feeds are good examples of that. I don't consider myself an ANSI artist, more of a coder so on one hand it's great when I can add a new network or door game, on the otherhand i've got to get icons and labels for these things. there are over 5000 RSS feeds being fed through there - they have semi-dynamic icons, but yeah, easy to get lost in there, at least first time (once you recognize the icons like me, you can be in a stupor and find your way around -> we've tested it) To me, it's more curation than design, but yeah, I acknowledge the clunkiness there and I'd like to reach more of a "curation" phase than "development" (I gotta stop adding stuff - i wish i had a cosysop - i'll be done soon, i keep telling myself). List mode can be a thing for another rewrite, this things held together with rubber bands and chewing gum lol i think there's definitely things you probably missed in your session - even when you go idle interesting things happens, but i mean it's fair to come to the conclusion it's not "better" at face value 2 seconds in if traditional BBS's interfaces are your jam - which is probably a lot of people here. me personally, i'm totally happy how it's turned out though myself for whatever reasons. sometimes i use arrows to get around, sometimes i use typeahead mode, but mostly i just use my mouse and slouch way back. sometimes i just trip out off the screensavers and fall out of my chair. maybe it's just a curiosity for some, but i can loiter here endlessly. it's designed for loitering, really - i guess in my BBS heyday, I'd loiter on multi-line boards for hours - that's the nostalgia goal for me, loitering on the fringes of cyberspace with gifted delinquents, it's more abstract. :) cheers, derdok n --- gSynchronetn 4Ytelnet/ssh://futureland.today 1Whttps://blockbra.inn0 ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]