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   Björn Felten to Nicholas Boel   
   Usage..   
   22 Oct 12 10:27:21   
   
    NB> How do you like Mystic so far? :)   
      
      Not at all, I'm sorry to say.   
      
      1. I never liked the BBS programs where you had to remember a lot of single   
   keys to press. My BBS program has a CLI, where you don't even have to write   
   the entire command, but like in every modern OS just the first letters -- and   
   you don't even have to press TAB to auto-complete. E.g. "li fi" will list all   
   files, "jo fi" will list all echoes starting with "fi" and then join you to   
   the one you choose from the list.   
      
      2. The international support is totally missing. My keyboard didn't work   
   and the displayed umlauted characters were wrong (even if they turned out OK   
   when looking in a decent editor).   
      
      3. In the setting part, I never got used to having to backspace the entire   
   value to enter a new one. Cut&paste didn't work.   
      
      4. Not a shred of the more recent FTN functions such as MSGID/REPLY or CHRS.   
      
      5. I try to stay away from DOS style 80x25 display.   
      
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