Subj : Re: Comparing BBS Software Again
To   : Andre
From : tenser
Date : Fri Jan 29 2021 04:24 am

On 27 Jan 2021 at 04:24p, Andre pondered and said...
 
 An> So I'm getting to the point where I'm going to improve my BBS for use by
 An> a few locals. Before doing that though, I wanted to make sure I was
 An> picking the right software for the job. I could use some experience from
 An> the group, and I understand that my opinions and (dis)likes are my own.
 An> 
 An> I vastly prefer the overall user experience, especially the Indexed
 An> Message Reader. The backend is a bit messy, and server is flaky, and
 An> it's excessively closed development. But becuase the UI is simpler for
 An> n00bs, it's my preference so far.
 An> 
 An> I prefer the development style and more modern featureset of Enigma1/2.
 An> If it weren't for the following dislikes I'd choose it in a heartbeat...
 An> The message reader seems better than synchro but worse than mystics. I
 An> don't like having to hit enter after menu commands. Any known
 An> customizations to fix those issues to my liking?
 An> 
 An> I prefer the backend featureset of Synchronet. The message reader is
 An> really high effort to navigate as a user. Any known customization to get
 An> a reader more like Mystic's Indexed Message Reader?
 An> 
 An> 
 An> Any insight to help me out? I couldn't find anything that easily
 An> answered my concerns.

I suppose one might start with the question, what do you want
your BBS to do?  Personally, I'm not too interested in just
having something that only I use, but I think that's kind of
the default.  Give me a place to go, something interesting to
do, people to interact with.

That said, if I had to pick an off-the-shelf BBS program right
now, I'd go with Enigma or Talisman, with Synchronet a third.

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