Subj : xbin
To   : MRO
From : echicken
Date : Thu Mar 10 2022 05:12:30

  Re: xbin
  By: MRO to echicken on Wed Mar 09 2022 16:46:46

 >> something to use out of nostalgia or curiosity. The main selling point
 >> for using a BBS from a terminal today is the simplistic,
 >> keyboard-driven, textmode UI. 

 MR> i disagree. the main selling point of a bbs is probably the content they
 MR> provide. so that would probably be the doorgames [if you had user interact

Note that I said "The main selling point for using a BBS from a terminal".

We're not going to improve the BBS in any meaningful way by mixing half-baked GUI notions into the textmode/terminal experience. That type of UI is already available elsewhere, even from our own systems via other protocols, and done better. It's a disservice to the terminal to pit it against better graphical environments, setting it up for failure. Better to play to its strengths.

Nothing wrong with messing around with this stuff for the hell of it, though. It can be fun to work on, and die-hard BBSers might get a kick out of seeing a high-rez picture in their terminal, or being able to use their mouse or whatever.

I'm not saying there isn't good content, or at least the possibility of it, on BBSs in general. Far from. Most of it, however, is not inextricable from the medium. People can put their content anywhere; a BBS is an option among many. Door games are a notable exception and are a definite selling point.
  
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