Subj : OpenXP ..an adventure
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 03 2019 19:39:00

Hello Richard!

** 03.04.19 - 23:13, Richard Menedetter wrote to August Abolins:

AA>> But there is something about the console-look that just seems
AA>> backward-looking.

> From your point of view ;)

Is there any other POV?  LOL.   To be fair, there *can* be a certain  
appeal to the plain text/console look.

Maybe it's the sudden light-text on dark background that is tripping me  
up.  Most of the windows app are light background with dark text.



AA>> My brain is saying "we ought to be able to do much better than that by
AA>> now".  lol

> My brain says why do so many things get less efficient over time ;)

There can be exceptions.. I am still blown away how easy it is to  
participate in fidonet echoes via nntp and Thunderbird.  For example,   
adding/dropping an echo area doesn't require extra special commands to the  
boss.  There is no turn-around wait that an areafix requires.  That's  
pretty efficient, no?


> But I like OpenXP, Golded and WinPoint.
> WinPoint is without source and extremely buggy.

Sadly, yes.. WinPoint feels like it has potential. But the buggyness can  
get in the way of enjoying a smooth ride.


> OpenXP is originally written for Zerberus (?) and Fido is bolstered on.

I did not realize that Fido was "bolstered on".  But so far there are no  
problems except for a nodelist issue that I have come across.


> Golded needs a dedicated tosser and mailer (that is not necessarily a bad
> thing ...) But all of them have their advantages.

If you recognize the merits in WinPoint, then you may have heard of  
SemPoint for Windows.  It relies on external tosser and mailer too.  But  
it supports QWK, Jam, Squish, PKT all simulateously depending on a feed's  
offerings, and stores the messages in a database style.  I thought that I  
would revisit SemPoint and just add Binkd as mailer.  But I am missing  
something in the config because it complains that it cannot save my  
messages.  If I could just get to the point where it can save a message  
PKT, then sending them off with Binkd should work.


Regards,
  ../|ug

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