Subj : the UI for echos
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 17:25:20

Hi Charles!

18 Nov 20 09:49, you wrote to me:

 CP>>> https://books2read.com/u/47QZq3

 AA>> Echomail could use a landing page like that with little icons
 AA>> that represent the various echos, and a FAQ on what echomail is
 AA>> and how to participate.

 CP> BBSes have all of the options to do pretty much that. Just not
 CP> necessarily pretty buttons.

An upgrade on layout would be good, especially when reading through the various echos of a network.

I think there is only one Sychronet bbs that organizes the echos into categories first: Technical, Entertainment, Sysop, GeneralChat, etc.. and then all the echos spanning any of the other networks are featured in those categories.

Most BBSes organize by network, and then just list the echos. A user does not always have a clear idea what echo is for what.  And then they have to look for the same thing in the next network.

The default Sychro webby-thing is a good example.  Unless the user has the habit of using Ctrl-F to look for a string (chat, food, computer, books, music, etc) they are spending far too much time looking at a long list, missing something, and give up.


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