Subj : The Telegram process.. is meant to be..
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sat Sep 12 2020 04:22 pm
Hello, August Abolins.
On 9/12/20 11:40 PM you wrote:
AA> That seems to be the primary benefit. But maybe it can also be a
AA> way to introduce the fine high quality conversations found in
AA> fidonet echomail (excuse me [cough cough gag gag]) to new
AA> initiates.
It is perhaps possible, although I don't know anyone who uses Telegram other than the people in this group. So it would possibly be introducing a new app as well as Fido.
AA> The existence of Aftershock and HotdogEd are an illustration of a
AA> need that wants to be filled: portability. The apps are probably
AA> being built by much younger people than most of us here.
I'm not sure. After all, Stas is working on this project.
But yes, I love the idea of Fidonet portability.
CP>> ..I just wish it had a little bit better layout, but that's
CP>> likely not possible given the primary intent of Telegram.
AA> The pages on the Telegram site suggest that they welcome people to
AA> incorporate Telegram features "into your own apps". So, it sounds
AA> like someone is free to design an app that has a layout more
AA> conducive to a fidonet presentation. A wider message "bubble"
AA> would be a good feature so as to avoid the premature wrapping in
AA> some messages.
Yes, one is free to do so.
The wrapping of messages isn't so much of a problem to me. Of course, I started out on Commodore 64 computers on BBSes. The message wraps on PC type boards and my screen often made interesting viewing.
I'd like better grouping of messages. One long stream makes it harder to follow multiple different threads in an echo.
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