Subj : xbin To : MRO From : DesotoFireflite Date : Wed Mar 09 2022 12:22:05 Re: xbin By: MRO to DesotoFireflite on Wed Mar 09 2022 09:56 am MR> Re: xbin MR> By: DesotoFireflite to Digital Man on Wed Mar 09 2022 08:37 am >> Is there a max size that is allowed. I used an online converter to >> convert a jpg to sixel, and it displayed fine on a sixel viewer, but >> when I used the sysop ;list function logged in with syncterm 1.1, all >> I got was garbage, lines and lines of it (code). The file size after >> conversion was 1.4 meg. >> I've been following this thread, and I like sixel over xbin, not for >> logon >> pics, or menu pics, just able to use them in an online viewer. MR> i'd rather it just support png without converters. So would I, but given the restraints, I'm happy with what we have if I could just figure out how to disply it to the users. My inital plan was to have a heading in the text file area to display the sixel pics of the house, some of my hobbies, and other things. I don't think it would draw fast enough for login stuff. MR> anyways, maybe what would help us out in the current age is to go in the MR> direction that excaliber bbs was going. there it had graphics and sound. Maybe Sync will go that direction, but it would also have to be implemented in the terminal client, like Sixel and xbin are now. On the local side of things, any decent sound would prob play hell with the network or memory from the server to the client. MR> or maybe that was a harbinger that we should have just all gone to using MR> the web and what we have now with fb and telegram and instagram. I think what we have is good, so I don't try to compare. I think the key is to try to offer more of what the public wants to get them back. MR> i wonder about bbsing. what draw do we have to people today? people that MR> used to use bbses dont come back. people that come here for the retro dont MR> stick around. Let's face it, BBSing is a niche crowd. The user seeks us out because they remember it, or heard their dads or family members mention it. We do get some web traffic from our individual websites, but most younger people log off as soon as they realize it's text graphics. I'm happy with my BBS, and I advertise it, but for the most part, it's a labor of love for me. I got hooked over 30 years ago, and I plan on trying to keep it going till I'm in the ground. My other half can't stand it, so I know when I'm gone, it will be gone. MR> i just have a feeling we are missing something. just copying something MR> isnt going to do it. So do I, I agree with you. I know one thing that would help getting BBS's more traffic is that everyone needs to make their systems different. I see so many cookie cutter bbs's, that never change the graphics, layouts, or anything. They install it right out of the box, and never touch it. The general public gets board with that. There are a lot of nice systems out there, but unfortunatly there are more cookie cuter systems. I know I got off topic on this, but we have to peak peoples interest before we will get the users we all are looking for. SysOp: C.G. Learn, AKA: DesotoFireflite Valhalla Home Services! - (Synchronet) - bbs.valhallabbs.com Valhalla II! - (GAP) - bbs.valhallabbs.com:24 Valhalla III! - (RemoteAccess) - bbs.valhallabbs.com:5023 Valhalla IIII! - (Dungeons & Dragons BBS) - bbs.valhallabbs.com:26 Valhalla Home Services Web! - http://bbs.valhallabbs.com A Gamers Paradise - Over 150 Registered Online Game Doors! Home Of Odin's Maze Game Server! --- FART(n): An audio test of one's waste-disposal system. þ Synchronet þ Valhalla Home Services þ USA þ http://valhalla.synchro.net * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) .