Subj : the UI for echos
To : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 05:25 pm
Hi Charles!
18 Nov 20 09:49, you wrote to me:
CP>>>
https://books2read.com/u/47QZq3
AA>> Echomail could use a landing page like that with little icons
AA>> that represent the various echos, and a FAQ on what echomail is
AA>> and how to participate.
CP> BBSes have all of the options to do pretty much that. Just not
CP> necessarily pretty buttons.
An upgrade on layout would be good, especially when reading through the various echos of a network.
I think there is only one Sychronet bbs that organizes the echos into categories first: Technical, Entertainment, Sysop, GeneralChat, etc.. and then all the echos spanning any of the other networks are featured in those categories.
Most BBSes organize by network, and then just list the echos. A user does not always have a clear idea what echo is for what. And then they have to look for the same thing in the next network.
The default Sychro webby-thing is a good example. Unless the user has the habit of using Ctrl-F to look for a string (chat, food, computer, books, music, etc) they are spending far too much time looking at a long list, missing something, and give up.
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