Just been poking around some boards. And you know what I came to realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who in their damn mind thought it was a cool idea to make the list show only ONE friggin LINE of a description. Atleast on WildCat! I can fix this issue, but on Synch .... NOPE ... almost every Synch board I call and view files, it's always stupid ONE LINE descrptions and you have to view each description ONE by ONE .... argh! End of rant. ;)

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On 02 Oct 21 18:49:28, Exodus said the following to All:

Just been poking around some boards. And you know what I came to realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who in their damn mind thought it was a cool idea to make the list show only ONE friggin LINE of a description. Atleast on WildCat! I can fix this issue, b

One-liner descriptions never bothered me... actually its when Diz's started getting beyond 5 or 10 lines or whatever that it just got borderline retarded.

But that Wildcrap yellow... good christ almighty.

Atreyu

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One-liner descriptions never bothered me... actually its when Diz's started getting beyond 5 or 10 lines or whatever that it just got borderline retard

When the 1st line starts as "----------------------" or is just blank, it's a friggin' killer! ;)

But that Wildcrap yellow... good christ almighty.

Now comeon ... show #14 some love. ;)

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Just been poking around some boards. And you know what I came to realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who in their damn mind thought it was a cool idea to make the list show only ONE friggin LINE of a description. Atleast on WildCat! I can fix this issue, on Synch .... NOPE ... almost every Synch board I call and view files, it's always stupid ONE LINE descrptions and you have to view each description ON by ONE .... argh! End of rant. ;)

Thats why RG is good, also Maximus and a few others do a great job of message and file listings.

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But that Wildcrap yellow... good christ almighty.

:D Also the wildboards are so flakey whats up with that?

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On 02 Oct 21 21:14:50, Exodus said the following to Atreyu:

One-liner descriptions never bothered me... actually its when Diz's started getting beyond 5 or 10 lines or whatever that it just got borderline retard

When the 1st line starts as "----------------------" or is just blank, it's friggin' killer! ;)

I just found after time that Diz's got used and abused; was never a fan of anyone putting stupid pipe-codes or Ansi/high-Ascii etc in them. But by then I largely stopped caring about the file collection. My board was getting slammed right at midnight from people calling for Lord/Tradewars. When I wasn't overseeing the fun abuse of that I was into messaging and the multi-node chatter at 3am, when I had to write some stupid math exam at 9am that morning.

But that Wildcrap yellow... good christ almighty.

Now comeon ... show #14 some love. ;)

I have *never* seen a modded Wildcrap board, ever. Makes me think its not even possible.

Atreyu

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On 02 Oct 21 23:04:58, Lux said the following to Atreyu:

But that Wildcrap yellow... good christ almighty.

:D Also the wildboards are so flakey whats up with that?

I get that it has its "following"... err well maybe not so much anymore.

I think the last big wildcrap-board was Docs Place. The one that
surprisingly had a good rank on Google and had the wildcrap web interface, which apparently is still an expensive add-on still sold today... still looks and smells like 1995.

That place finally shut down awhile ago I think... doubt theres any
others left. They fade away pretty fast it seems.

Atreyu

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I have *never* seen a modded Wildcrap board, ever. Makes me think its not e possible.

It's not. ;) FileBank BBS is probably the only wildcat board I call ... (He's in the metlist if you wanna see) ... it's more modded than most ... but you can still tell it's wildcat.


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Just been poking around some boards. And you know what I came to realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who in their damn mind thought it was a cool idea to make the list show
only ONE friggin LINE of a description. Atleast on WildCat! I can fix this issue, but on Synch .... NOPE ... almost every Synch board I call
and view files, it's always stupid ONE LINE descrptions and you have to view each description ONE by ONE .... argh! End of rant. ;)

Ahhh... well I agree w/ you about Sync - do they even have long filename support yet? RG had it right all those years ago, with Batch and listings that didn't get in the way. I particularly like Mystic more current lightbar approach and its powerful archive viewer...

But I have to say I disagree about Wildcat!... whil it, too, can be a very stock-boring software, the sysOps who create something unique with it change it up enough that it can be cool - and I think its file system is bearable.

What is your favorite, and/or where is the sweet spot for YOU?



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I have *never* seen a modded Wildcrap board, ever. Makes me think its
not even possible.

Atreyu

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Exodus wrote to All:

Just been poking around some boards. And you know what I came to realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who
in their damn mind thought it was a cool idea to make the list show only
ONE friggin LINE of a description. Atleast on WildCat! I can fix this issue, but on Synch .... NOPE ... almost every Synch board I call and view files, it's always stupid ONE LINE descrptions and you have to view each description ONE by ONE .... argh!

That's the default but you can change that on a Sync board. Hit & from the transfer menu and then E to enable extended descriptions.

End of rant. ;)

Rant on if you need too.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Just ...
By: Al to Exodus on Sun Oct 03 2021 03:32 am

That's the default but you can change that on a Sync board. Hit & from the transfer menu and then E to enable extended descriptions.

I was just about to point out the same thing. I have my SBBS board configured with extended descriptions enabled for everyone by default.

What SBBS does lack, however, is a nicer way of browsing and paging through the file lists; it only seems to page forward but not back. There are a few mods out there for enhanced listing, but the ones I tried seemed kinda buggy so I ended up sticking with the stock file list.
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That's the default but you can change that on a Sync board. Hit & from the transfer menu and then E to enable extended descriptions.

Why would that be a default?!?! That's retarded. ;) Thanks for the tip tho.

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Codefenix wrote to Al:

I was just about to point out the same thing. I have my SBBS board configured with extended descriptions enabled for everyone by default.

I prefer the default. It gives me a page full of files and I can look closer
at anything that catches my eye.

What SBBS does lack, however, is a nicer way of browsing and paging
through the file lists; it only seems to page forward but not back. There are a few mods out there for enhanced listing, but the ones I tried seemed kinda buggy so I ended up sticking with the stock file list.

That is the case with both messages and files. You can go forward but not
back although you can always re-read.

I think nightfox has a full screen reader for the message areas and you can page up or down when reading messages. He wrote something like that for file areas too but I have never had a look at it so I'm not sure if that would
look backwards.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Exodus wrote to Al:

Why would that be a default?!?! That's retarded. ;) Thanks for the tip tho.

I like that default, or maybe I just got used to it.. ;)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Just ...
By: Al to Codefenix on Sun Oct 03 2021 12:29 pm

That is the case with both messages and files. You can go forward but not back although you can always re-read.

I actually need to correct what I stated earlier regarding the file lister... The stock file lister does in fact have a [P] previous option at the top. I just completely overlooked it.

I think nightfox has a full screen reader for the message areas and you can page up or down when reading messages. He wrote something like that for file areas too but I have never had a look at it so I'm not sure if that would look backwards.

Yes, I believe you're referring to DDMsgReader. I personally prefer Synchronet's own optional message list module (msglist.js). It's great for listing and sorting pages of messages, and even gives a nice message preview pane.
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What SBBS does lack, however, is a nicer way of browsing and paging through the file lists; it only seems to page forward but not back. There are a few mods out there for enhanced listing, but the ones I tried seemed kinda bugg so I ended up sticking with the stock file list.

Renegade has an issue when lightbaring around in the echo list you need to be in the right column to scroll down.. Not really a bug so much as a feature ;)

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realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. Who

Their file systems aren't as bad as their message base systems - especially Wildcat. I have never found it convenient to read messages on any of those boards. Their FSE is fine I guess, but what for? ;)

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|03Quoting message from |11Shitty |03to |11Exodus
|03on |1103 Oct 21 14:45:05|03.

realize?!?! I CANNOT STAND Synchronet's or WildCats! file listing. W

Their file systems aren't as bad as their message base systems - especially Wildcat. I have never found it convenient to read messages on any of those boards. Their FSE is fine I guess, but what for? ;)

i think wildcat and synchronet's file systems are great. renegade is the
one with the fucked filebases. man, i miss filedude.

i'm not a fan of how you search and read msgs on wildcat.

regarding synchronet, it's pretty straight forward. there's also a lot of search options.

back in the day i ran rg and then iniquity, and i had to switch to synchronet because i needed something stable. i was using old netmodem and that thing was total shit.

i got used to synchronet and i saw how you could make what you wanted. it didnt matter that the developer was a totally different type of bbs guy. i could take it and make it what i wanted. he didnt even know what a oneliners wall was when he called my bbs. when deuce called my bbs it blew his mind too.

there's good programmers and creative people. and there's not usually a mix of the 2. i was creative and smart enough to work out what i wanted.

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there's good programmers and creative people. and there's not usually a mix of the 2. i was creative and smart enough to work out what i wanted.

I like your BBS but I just like to hassle people.

Have you ever seen BBBS? (Prizm BBS ran it.) I like that one. It serves the
BBS on webpages (in addition to serving it with telnet.) The only thing that sucks about it is they charge for a license and I don't wanna pay it any time soon.

I heard that the same thing can be accomplished with Synchronet. Have you
tried any of that shit?

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i think wildcat and synchronet's file systems are great. renegade is the one with the fucked filebases. man, i miss filedude.

i'm not a fan of how you search and read msgs on wildcat.

You wouldn't likely be a fan of MBBS as far as messages then to.

there's good programmers and creative people. and there's not usually a mix the 2. i was creative and smart enough to work out what i wanted.

Yeah I cracked open a file and found your README.N0W from way back and seen some pretty creative stuff in there. mix of ascii art and some easy to follow instructions. Then I closed that and found WARNING.TXT and that had some pretty cool stuff to keep someone that wasn't about to read the manual from messing up the entire install.


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|03on |1128 Feb 22 21:47:52|03.

there's good programmers and creative people. and there's not usually mix of the 2. i was creative and smart enough to work out what i want

I like your BBS but I just like to hassle people.

Have you ever seen BBBS? (Prizm BBS ran it.) I like that one. It serves the BBS on webpages (in addition to serving it with telnet.) The only thing tha sucks about it is they charge for a license and I don't wanna pay it any ti soon.

I heard that the same thing can be accomplished with Synchronet. Have you tried any of that shit?

i've seen bbbs but i havent seen their web.
synchronet has its msgs and files on thier web. did bbbs outdo that?

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I heard that the same thing can be accomplished with Synchronet. Have y tried any of that shit?

i've seen bbbs but i havent seen their web.
synchronet has its msgs and files on thier web. did bbbs outdo that?

It's got a telnet server and a web server, so users are able to do everything (except for doors probably) on the web (log-in, read messages, post messages.)

Can I achieve all that with Synchronet too? Or just export data and show it on the web?

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|03on |1102 Mar 22 21:56:21|03.

I heard that the same thing can be accomplished with Synchronet. Ha tried any of that shit?

i've seen bbbs but i havent seen their web.
synchronet has its msgs and files on thier web. did bbbs outdo that?

It's got a telnet server and a web server, so users are able to do everythi (except for doors probably) on the web (log-in, read messages, post message

Can I achieve all that with Synchronet too? Or just export data and show it the web?

yeah synchronet has had that for over a decade.

go look at http://vert.synchro.net
there's also an older web interface by runemaster that does the msgs on the
web and email.

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It's got a telnet server and a web server, so users are able to do ever (except for doors probably) on the web (log-in, read messages, post mes

Can I achieve all that with Synchronet too? Or just export data and sho the web?

yeah synchronet has had that for over a decade.

go look at http://vert.synchro.net

Thanks. I tried the website, and it looks similar to the way BBBS works. I should give Synchronet's web server another try.

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|03Quoting message from |11Shitty |03to |11Jas Hud
|03on |1103 Mar 22 15:10:01|03.

It's got a telnet server and a web server, so users are able to do (except for doors probably) on the web (log-in, read messages, post

Can I achieve all that with Synchronet too? Or just export data and the web?

yeah synchronet has had that for over a decade.

go look at http://vert.synchro.net

Thanks. I tried the website, and it looks similar to the way BBBS works. I should give Synchronet's web server another try.

they were experimenting over the years and they were making the msg areas
look different on the web.

who has a bbbs on the web? i'd like to see how their interface works.

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who has a bbbs on the web? i'd like to see how their interface works.

Nobody anymore. Janic Kracht (a lady who never had a handle) ran it on a BBS called "Prizm BBS" and that's where I saw it in action. But she has since
taken her BBS down.

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Nobody anymore. Janic Kracht (a lady who never had a handle) ran it on a BB called "Prizm BBS" and that's where I saw it in action. But she has since taken her BBS down.

Goes to show you don't know what you have until you dont have it anymore.

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|03Quoting message from |11Shitty |03to |11Jas Hud
|03on |1108 Mar 22 03:26:38|03.

who has a bbbs on the web? i'd like to see how their interface works.

Nobody anymore. Janic Kracht (a lady who never had a handle) ran it on a BB called "Prizm BBS" and that's where I saw it in action. But she has since taken her BBS down.

yeah do you know what went on with that? i'm sure the people that know wont tell me. i thought it was funny when i was her fb friend and she accidentially posted pics of her ugly ass in sexy lingerie. i think she had
a facebook boyfriend.

looked like a monkey in a red nighty

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