Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : Vk3jed
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Aug 31 2022 01:00:11

 Vk>  bo> Overall I don't think it is worthwhile.  Mobiles are just the wrong
 Vk>  bo> format for this time of connectivity.  The whole point of a BBS, and 
 Vk>  bo> these message networks is correspondence and being at a destination,
 Vk>  bo> not simple chat.  The mobile phone tends to make its users prefer
 Vk>  bo> shorter "chat style" communication which I think isn't really the poi
 Vk>  bo> here.  While it would be good to have a nice SSH client that one can
 Vk>  bo> use easily, having access to say, fsxNet over mobile is probably in
 Vk>  bo> reality not as great an idea as it may first seem to be.
 Vk> 
 Vk> I still do a bit of "long form" messaging on phones, mostly on a couple
 Vk> of websites.  It would be nice to have a more portable option for BBS
 Vk> messaging than a laptop.
 Vk> 
 Vk>  bo> better that its not relevant to modern forms.  But then, maybe people
 Vk>  bo> here who already use BBS's wish for mobile options, for themselves?
 Vk> 
 Vk> Me for one.  A mobile offline reader would fit the bill.  I did get
 Vk> Bluewave working under DOSBox on an Android phone, but that was a pain
 Vk> to use on such a small screen.
 Vk> 
 Vk> 

The only time I used a BBS on my phone was on holiday early this year, and having to do it on an old Nokia (old! it had a keypad) was kind of rought, especially when putty wouldn't break the lines properly and input and output got garbled.

Less of a problem on android with ConnectBot.  As nice as it is, when I'm on holiday, it is probably best to BE on holiday.  It's not so important here that i can't go a week or two without posting or reading.

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