Subj : Bluewave
To   : Al
From : Oli
Date : Sat May 08 2021 08:27 am

Al wrote (2021-05-07):

 Ol>> I never understood why people used QWK / Bluewave back in the 90s
 Ol>> (I tried and was not convinced). Crosspoint or a FTN editor seemed
 Ol>> so much more enjoyable to use. But I have to admit, I haven't used
 Ol>> an offline reader since then. Maybe someone can remind me what the
 Ol>> advantages of offline readers are?

 A> I used offline mail simply because of the time limits that were a
 A> constraint back in the day. That way I still had time to download files
 A> if I needed to do that.

 A> Offline mail does work well even today. The only thing I don't like is
 A> that you are limited to the packet you have open. A point reader is much
 A> better but pointing was never big around these parts. I have three points
 A> on board at the moment and never had more than two or three, even back in
 A> the heyday.

If there had not been the point (or node) option, I would also had used QWK and Bluewave longer. For me the time limit in the BBS was mostly the phone bill. I also tend to forget there were cultural differences between Europe and the US. Maybe the availability of CrossPoint (with UI and documentation in German) was another reason many users got a point address.

Now trying to build OpenXP and see if it has a working QWK module...

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