Subj : Re: Comparing BBS Software Again
To   : deon
From : Andre
Date : Wed Jan 27 2021 09:08 pm

On 28 Jan 2021, deon said the following...
 
 de> I've played with the old one (non-js I think), and the newer js message
 de> one (which is probably installed by default on new systems now). I'm not
 de> a huge fan of the js one, but just havent got around ot changing.

I watched a video from a couple years ago where a guy was showing off the (at
the time) new message reader features. It was halfway decent. Still didn't
quite meet the level that I think Mystic is at though with the menu-driven
reader it has. That said, I finally updated to A46, and the new message
reader seems like a step backward for usability.

 de> There is also another one that folks use (which I'll try out) -
 de> DDMsgReader (or something like that).

I glanced at a video of it. Pretty nice, but still doesn't seem quite to
Mystic's level.

It's really tough to weigh the pile of other great Synchro features against
what I feel is a poorer message browser. For me and the people I know, the
message boards are by far the draw to use a BBS at all. I see a lot of other
sysops talk about all their files and the door games and whatnot, but that's
just not going to be the reason people I know would use my BBS (if they use
it at all).


- Andre

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: Runaan BBS (21:3/117)

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