Subj : attract the "normals" of the future
To : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 07:31 pm
Hello Jay!
** On Sunday 07.06.20 - 18:06, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:
JH> On 07 Jun 2020, August Abolins said the following...
AA>> A similar "pre-packaged" approach is lacking today.
JH> Exactly! As much as I would like to get some USB sticks with Syncterm
JH> installed & pre-configured to connect to Northern Realms, I don't think
JH> that would work in 2020. If someone handed me a free USB stick I would
JH> automatically assume it had malware on it.
USB method would look suspicious. :( It's just as easy to point someone
to a website to dowload what they need, even a customized set of files.
JH> I would love a high quality app on my iPhone that gets all of my FTN
JH> messages.
I used NewsTapLite for a little while on my iPod. It was fine for
reading, but the reply/writing experience was terrible. I don't think it
even worked offline - which was a negative.
If a bbs had an adaptive web interface, then a specific app wouldn't be
needed. But the the SDK offerings from Apple look interesting.
JH>
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1505182106
JH> *fingers crossed*
VERY Good. The extra screen shots are good eye-candy. But, you need to
add a little ABOUT the bbs and what it is to the uneducated masses.
I never thought of kijiji as a place for that kind of thing. But, I guess
some people "live" there and look for all kinds of things to discover.
Kijiji to the aide of BBSing.. who woulda thunk.
../|ug
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