Subj : Re: In the future..
To : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Mon Jun 08 2020 01:39 pm
-=> On 06-07-20 14:18, August Abolins wrote to Nick Andre <=-
AA> What would such a thing actually look like to the user?
AA> Would participation be feasible without an actual keyboard?
I'd say so. New generation menus might be more event driven, with the event
being either a mouse click on a particular button, text or part of the screen,
or a hotkey. It should be possible to navigate anywhere on the BBS using a
mouse (or by screen tapping, of course).
AA> Tommi's sample screenshot of Hotdoged on his Samsung A50 looked
AA> insanely small to work with.
AA> Maybe something like a stipped-down interface like m.facebook.com.. but
AA> adapted with menu commands for navigating echos, threads, searching
AA> ..could work.
Well, it should only present a keyboard when you actually need it, like for
editing/writing messages. But that editor should also adhere to conventions
and not tempt the user into top posting as most Internet software does.
AA> Instead of:
AA> Home Profile Messages Notifications(2) Chat(6) Friends(11) Pages(14)
AA> Groups(3)
AA> The decluttered look of m.facebook.com is not a bad model.
Particularly for phones.
AA> Could FTN grow-up and allow sending attachments, pgp encoded messages,
AA> etc? What would the newcomer WANT? Could FTN adapt to that?
AA> MAYBE, FTN could comprise of a growing subset of BBSes that allow the
AA> above to support their newcomers.
I'd certainly be inclined to add those features.
... Better to live with one spider than many bugs.
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