Any insight to help me out? I couldn't find anything that easily
answered my
concerns.
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
Any insight to help me out? I couldn't find anything that easily answered my concerns.
So I'm getting to the point where I'm going to improve my BBS for use by a few locals. Before doing that though, I wanted to make sure I was picking the right software for the job. I could use some experience from the group, and I understand that my opinions and (dis)likes are my own.
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get a reader
more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
I prefer the development style and more modern featureset of Enigma1/2. If it weren't for the following dislikes I'd choose it in a heartbeat... The message reader seems better than synchro but worse than mystics. I don't like having to hit enter after menu commands. Any known customizations to fix those issues to my liking?
I use Synchronet, is fully customizable and have cool js engine to
coding any that you need, include all menu shell workflow.
I've played with the old one (non-js I think), and the newer js message one (which is probably installed by default on new systems now). I'm not
a huge fan of the js one, but just havent got around ot changing.
There is also another one that folks use (which I'll try out) - DDMsgReader (or something like that).
Hey Andre! You'll def. get a lot of opinions here. The reality is, it
ends up being a personal choice as it's all being driven by everyone's
own needs/bias/preferences.
- Talisman (brand spankin' new)
- WWIV (oldie but goodie)
2. Community matters. Are there other sysops/users actively engaged in conversation and experimentation? Are they helpful?
3. Open Source vs. Closed Source: I used to care alot about this, but the
4. Can you hack it? I mean, customize it. No one wants a BBS that looks
I really like what Mystic has to offer as well, it's message reading and replying functions are second to none.
You can set hot keys for any menu items (e.g. how ESC often goes "back", or "N" relates to a "Next" menu in a message list). Menus can have
prompts or not (depending how you build them).
What do you not like about the message reader? FWIW though, the one you get "out of the box" is just a default. You can make it work however you want.
It's really tough to weigh the pile of other great Synchro features against what I feel is a poorer message browser. For me and the people I know, the message boards are by far the draw to use a BBS at all. I see a lot of other sysops talk about all
their files and the door games and whatnot, but that's just not going to be the reason people I know would use my BBS (if they use
it at all).
So I'm getting to the point where I'm going to improve my BBS for use by
a few locals. Before doing that though, I wanted to make sure I was picking the right software for the job. I could use some experience from the group, and I understand that my opinions and (dis)likes are my own.
I vastly prefer the overall user experience, especially the Indexed Message Reader. The backend is a bit messy, and server is flaky, and
it's excessively closed development. But becuase the UI is simpler for n00bs, it's my preference so far.
I prefer the development style and more modern featureset of Enigma1/2.
If it weren't for the following dislikes I'd choose it in a heartbeat... The message reader seems better than synchro but worse than mystics. I don't like having to hit enter after menu commands. Any known customizations to fix those issues to my liking?
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get
a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
Any insight to help me out? I couldn't find anything that easily
answered my concerns.
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
when I scan all messages to me, I can read that message without
affecting my last read pointers. (That was something I didnt like about
You can read all new messages addressed to yourself without affecting
your message pointer?
So the messages will show up again later when you're doing a regular newscan?
You can read all new messages addressed to yourself without affecting
your message pointer?
So I'm getting to the point where I'm going to improve my BBS for use by a few locals. Before doing that though, I wanted to make sure I was picking th understand that my opinions and (dis)likes are my own.
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
when I scan all messages to me, I can read that message without
affecting my last read pointers. (That was something I didnt like
about
You can read all new messages addressed to yourself without affecting
your message pointer?
So the messages will show up again later when you're doing a regular newscan?
Bob Roberts wrote to Andre <=-
I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
DDMsgReader
DDAreaChoosers
are JS modules for Synchronet (they come in the xtrn dir) that,
in my opinion, vastly improve the message reading experience over
the native reader.
You can read all new messages addressed to yourself without affecting
your message pointer?
(-N) Ask Yes/No (default N s20 |CRScan for new personal messages? (MN) Message new scan s20&OK /G /P /NOLR /NOFROM /NOREAD
I wish there was an easy fix to
connecting to DOVE net though. I still haven't gotten that one down.
(MN) Message new scan s20&OK /G /P /NOLR /NOFROM /NOREAD
seems to meet exactly what my needs were. It is a little daunting if you haven't been in code for awhile - but great support and documentation. I wish there was an easy fix to connecting to DOVE net though. I still haven't gotten that one down.
Ah, I responded to a email last night but disclaimer: It was like 2 in
the morning and I was drunk lol. Hopefully it came out helpful.
You might be interested in a local message base I have on The Drunken Gamer BBS called "BBSing while Intoxicated." The only requirement for posting there is that you are, in fact, drunk or high. It doesn't even
You might be interested in a local message base I have on The Drunken Gamer BBS called "BBSing while Intoxicated." The only requirement for posting there is that you are, in fact, drunk or high. It doesn't even have to be helpful!
IIRC DOVE can be accessed via FTN as well though? (Someone can correct
me here)
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