Subj : attract the "normals" of the future
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 07:31 pm

Hello Jay!

** On Sunday 07.06.20 - 18:06, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

 JH> On 07 Jun 2020, August Abolins said the following...

 AA>> A similar "pre-packaged" approach is lacking today.

 JH> Exactly!  As much as I would like to get some USB sticks with Syncterm
 JH> installed & pre-configured to connect to Northern Realms, I don't think
 JH> that would work in 2020.  If someone handed me a free USB stick I would
 JH> automatically assume it had malware on it.

USB method would look suspicious.  :(   It's just as easy to point someone  
to a website to dowload what they need, even a customized set of files.


 JH> I would love a high quality app on my iPhone that gets all of my FTN
 JH> messages.

I used NewsTapLite for a little while on my iPod.  It was fine for  
reading, but the reply/writing experience was terrible.  I don't think it  
even worked offline - which was a negative.

If a bbs had an adaptive web interface, then a specific app wouldn't be  
needed.  But the the SDK offerings from Apple look interesting.


 JH> https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1505182106

 JH> *fingers crossed*

VERY Good.  The extra screen shots are good eye-candy. But, you need to  
add a little ABOUT the bbs and what it is to the uneducated masses.

I never thought of kijiji as a place for that kind of thing. But, I guess  
some people "live" there and look for all kinds of things to discover.

Kijiji to the aide of BBSing.. who woulda thunk.


  ../|ug

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