Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : Warpslide
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Aug 28 2022 21:12:59

 Wa> Yeah, agreed.  Adding another echo to an existing network seems to make
 Wa> more  sense.  But the whole idea of "if you build it, they will come"
 Wa> doesn't seem  to apply to FTNs.  Just because you create an echo (or a
 Wa> net) doesn't mean  people will actually use it.  Avon added some new
 Wa> echos to fsxNet not long  ago (after being asked to create them) and I
 Wa> believe he was asking for  feedback as to whether they should be cut due
 Wa> to low/no traffic.
 Wa> 
 Wa> Someone awhile ago was floating the idea of either gating some networks 
 Wa> together into one network (or merging everything into one zone), I can't 
 Wa> quite remember the details.
 Wa> 
 Wa> I think what these network really need is a decent way of accessing them
 Wa> via  mobile.  Whether that's a webapp (like WebJAM), Synchronet's web
 Wa> interface or  an actual native app for both iOS & Android, that could
 Wa> really make them more  accessible to a wider audience.
 Wa> 
 Wa> I'm not a programmer by any stretch of the imagination, but all I know
 Wa> is  trying to tap out a message on an iPhone via ftelnet was a test of 
 Wa> patience to say the least.
 Wa> 
 Wa> 
 Wa> Jay

Agree about the mobile part.  I would be tempted to do something myself, but mobile programming is not my specialty.  I've never done it.  Really, you need a QWK reader, kind of like MultiMail for mobile, and a way to download the packet without having to go through telnet/SSH. 

Personally, if you ask me, the difficulty accessing this by mobile is to me a weakness of the mobile platform rather than the BBS system (ie, mobiles just aren't suitable for this kind of thing).

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