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- From: pgoujard@infocom.UUCP (Philippe Goujard)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
- Subject: Re: Writing a Unix BBS
- Message-ID: <668@infocom.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 23:21:38 GMT
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- John Case (dirk@iastate.edu) wrote:
- > I'd like to know what people like to see featurewise.
- > I'm partial, myself, to the type of interface the ISCABBS uses.
- > (Iowa Student Computer Association BBS, at bbs.isca.uiowa.edu, no login 'cause
-
- > the bbs program itself takes over port 13, not the login program...)
- > But with perhaps a few more features...
-
- Well, I just had a look at the ISCA bbs and ... it sucks :-)
- Really the interface is based on citadel and it is definitely NOT user
- friendly.
- Some ideas :
-
- - Have hierarchic menus, it is easy to navigate and to see where you are
-
- - Have keywords or "command line" for expert users who know where they want
- to go.
-
- - Think about terminals : support several. From ansi color to vt100 etc...
-
- - Have full screen programs but be warned than if you get callers at 2400
- bps for example they might not like it... so have scrolling versions as
- well.
-
- - More and more people like client-server architecture : think about
- having off-line mail/news readers, intelligent terminals etc...
-
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