Subj : Re: 90s bbs software
To   : Jcurtis
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jul 06 2025 19:58:42

-=> Jcurtis wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-

 > BBS packages make the BBS experience more user friendly
 > I've never seen a BBS just using Linux as the "BBS software"..

 Jc> If the word "cat" means dog in one context and horse in another, that's
 Jc> bad language design. Same with interface modes where "G" means one
 Jc> thing in mode A and something else in mode B. For the average person
 Jc> it's not natural and hinders productivity. They don't like it and leave
 Jc> at the first opportunity.

That's why there's a "Main Menu", you fucking dolt.  Free clue:  You 
look at the Main Menu, and you see what "G" does.  Then you choose to 
either press "G" or some other fucking key you see on the Main Menu.

 Jc> Human interface design is a problem for software of all kinds.

Human thinking seems to be *YOUR* major malfunction.



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