Subj : the bare minimum to start with
To   : August Abolins
From : Nil Alexandrov
Date : Thu Apr 04 2019 06:53 pm

Hello, August!

Wednesday April 03 2019 23:55, from August Abolins -> Nil Alexandrov:

 AA> Some of the readers out there already support URL in text.  OpenXP
 AA> apparently has the feature (although I am having a little issue to
 AA> make it  cooperate for me as I am still a noob with this program).  :(
 AA> The  newsreader method via Windows programs supports URLs in text
 AA> quite nicely  too.

It is not documented what the reader software should do with the URLs.
Well, hopefully they can recognize them as URLs at least and make them
clickable to open up in your default web browser.

There was also an afford to standardize the "Fidonet Global Hypertext
Interface" (FGHI) URL scheme like area://, netmail:, areafix:, etc. and
some readers has limited support.

 AA> But I primarily just quoted your last few lines because you expressed
 AA> the  matter of how to "reach out for new members (or bring back
 AA> -exs)."  A new  program, especially iOS support, might impress some
 AA> people (and they tell  two friends, and they tell two friends, and so
 AA> on) ..but the one important  matter is to generate the awareness of
 AA> fidonet, that it is not (yet) a  dead dog.  <g>  And then, get people
 AA> discover what it is, why it exists,  how it works and *how* to get
 AA> onboard with at least the current fair of  progs.

That's right. Fidonet is not for everybody. It's like bringing back the life
to Commodore64 with either Arduino or a virtual emulator.

 AA> There has been a recent 2nd wind to revisit the condition of the
 AA> fidonet.org site - and fix it.

That is mostly like Web Archive, a museum and the history of 1st social
network of 80th, 90th.

 AA> From the perspective of messaging (echomail), how can people be
 AA> convinced  that the fidonet network is even worthwhile?

It is not, think of it more like a boutique. We don't want to make Fidonet
just another messenger or forum.

Best Regards, Nil
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