Subj : Time limits
To   : Oli
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu May 07 2020 09:35 am

Hello Oli,

 Ol> i wonder why the BBSes with their inflexible 80x24 screen, ridiculous
 Ol> login and registration procedures an terrible user interfaces still
 Ol> exist. TUI doesn't mean it has to suck.

Yeah, our heritage. It's not helpful today.

 Ol> If you are a new user to the system, type "New" now.
 Ol> Otherwise, enter your user name or number now.

 Ol> Enter User Name or Number or 'New' or 'Guest'
 Ol> Login: Guest
 Ol> [/] Does your terminal support IBM extended ASCII (CP437)? No
 Ol> Logging on to Vertrauen as Guest
 Ol> For our records, please enter your full name: John Doe
 Ol> Please enter your e-mail address:
 Ol> Please enter your e-mail address:
 Ol> Please enter your e-mail address:
 Ol> ...

That looks like a Synchronet login. I don't think SBBS is limited to an 80x24 
screen. My terminal is 80x30 and Synchronet looks good in there. I'm not sure 
about a wider screen. My laptop doesn't run in 80x30 becuase I can't get that 
to happen there running slackware-current. I have adjusted the font on that 
setup to make it look like that, it's 32 lines long and I'm not sure but I 
think it's wider than 80. I'll have to try some BBS logins from there and see 
what I get.

I doubt if SBBS sysops care about a guest users e-mail, just enter 
none@today.com or something and see what it looks like and give the sysop 
feedback. What a BBS does or doesn't do for a remote user is important and as a 
sysop I would want to know about things like user experience.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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