Subj : The FUTURE
To   : Deuce
From : Mrproper
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 12:42 pm

  Re: The FUTURE
  By: Deuce to Time Warrior on Mon Sep 19 2005 01:23:00

 >   Re: The FUTURE
 >   By: Time Warrior to Deuce on Fri Sep 16 2005 21:30:00
 > 
 >  > It's just like the age old problem of users not reading telnet and dialup
 >  > ansi menus and screens. The commands are there. The explanations are ther
 >  > But the Sysop still gets the email of "Hey how do I access the....".
 > 
 > Exactly.  Pandering to people who won't think is a useless battle.  If there
 > are not downsides, there's no reason not to do something that help them.  Bu
 > if it affects the ability or comlexity of people who do think, then it's a
 > mistake.  00index is a plain text file... I often use it with my console FTP
 > program.  00index.html is an html file and it's what I use when using a
 > browser.
 > 

I try to make my BBS interface explorable so the users actually have to DO
STUFF to get around the BBS, I don't make it too hard but If someone is going
to devote their time to play around with the options on your system then they
end up being a regular user and not justa passer by just visiting to download a
movie or peice of warez or something.


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MrProper
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