Subj : Re: OpenXP
To   : Oli
From : acn
Date : Fri Sep 24 2021 05:18 pm

Am 15.09.21 schrieb Oli@21:3/102 in FSX_NET:

Hallo Oli,

a>> As I've seen in the other messages, you managed to compile it on ARM.
a>> Very nice!
a>> I hope that you can help a little in making OpenXP future-proof :)

O> Not really. It was a nice point software at the time, but the UI is just a
O> bit too weird from my today's perspective.

I guess that could be said about almost every other FTN mail reader  
software...
At least it's way better than every BBS message reader that I've seen,  
eg. in Mystic or Synchronet.

AFAIK most on-line BBS message readers only utilize a "last read  
pointer", but OpenXP also stores a "read/unread" flag for every  
message.
This is a must-have feature for a good message reader!
And I absolutely love the thread-view - as threads can span several  
echos and can even continue in NetMails, OpenXP takes this into  
account and displays echo changes and also NetMails (in and out) that  
are part of a thread.
I've never seen anything as good as that again for message networks.

So, while the UI isn't as standard conforming as it could be, the  
basic features are fantastic.
And some Pascal specialists could have a look at the basic UI  
functions and make it conform to todays standards a little more.

Regards,
Anna

--- OpenXP 5.0.50
 * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

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