Subj : BBS over web-based ??
To   : Time Warrior
From : Mweeby
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 04:55 am

  Re: BBS over web-based ??
  By: Time Warrior to Mweeby on Thu Sep 22 2005 10:17 pm

 > I personally hate web posting. I prefer telnet. However, for chumming new
 > users that aren't familar with telnet, it's nice. It's also nice for a quick
 > copy / paste reference if your in a GUI mail reader or an instant messenger
 > and happen to already know which message area and aproximate message number
 > you're looking for.
 > 
 > As for the rest, it's also good for what telnet can't do. You can have web
 > games, website links and all sorts of stuff that wouldn't go over well under
 > telnet as a part of your BBS. Seeing as Synchronet is a *real* BBS and not
 > some glorified web script, having a web interface gives it an incredible
 > advantage for things it does now and things it can be made to do in the
 > future.
 > 
 > With an EXE backing ssjs as opposed to just a simple web script on a host,
 > the sky is the limit, IMHO.
Well actually adding some kind of gaming capability to the web interface would
be nice, just so long as it's accessible.  What I mean is, just so long as a
visually impaired person or someone in a similar situation can access it.  I
was very worried when Rob planned to add a web interface to Synch, but I'm very
pleased that with a windows computer and IE6 with a popular screen reader, a
blink can access Synch quite nicely.

telnet and speech can be tricky because often the screen reader interprets the
graphics as if they were accent marks in another language, and it can start
saying the name of the graphic. Usually I tell people when they dconnect to a
bbs via telnet to turn off all extended ascii, and go for mono or tty or
whatever.
The hitch there is that they might not be able to run some door games that need
ansi.

anyway...

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