Subj : xbin
To   : MRO
From : echicken
Date : Wed Mar 09 2022 18:50:53

  Re: xbin
  By: MRO to DesotoFireflite on Wed Mar 09 2022 09:56:09

 MR> anyways, maybe what would help us out in the current age is to go in the
 MR> direction that excaliber bbs was going. there it had graphics and sound. 

At a certain point you're just reinventing the web browser. There was a time when these would've been awesome features for a BBS to have, but timing just didn't work out. Everyone bailed for the web because it was prettier, easier to use, and a wider world. And that was way back when, before apps and touchscreens and really fine-tuned UI design.

By the time the BBS is retooled and reinvented sufficiently to appeal to modern users, and maybe serve communities in need of their own self-hosted hub, it'll look very different. It'd probably look like a mishmash of several modern apps, with a curious textmode option attached that few people ever use. There's probably a place for that, but I guarantee that tons of people here would refuse to call it a BBS at that point.
  
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