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   PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Win32)   
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   Hello Richard!   
      
   ** 03.04.19 - 23:13, Richard Menedetter wrote to August Abolins:   
      
   AA>> But there is something about the console-look that just seems   
   AA>> backward-looking.   
      
   > From your point of view ;)   
      
   Is there any other POV?  LOL.   To be fair, there *can* be a certain     
   appeal to the plain text/console look.   
      
   Maybe it's the sudden light-text on dark background that is tripping me     
   up.  Most of the windows app are light background with dark text.   
      
      
      
   AA>> My brain is saying "we ought to be able to do much better than that by   
   AA>> now".  lol   
      
   > My brain says why do so many things get less efficient over time ;)   
      
   There can be exceptions.. I am still blown away how easy it is to     
   participate in fidonet echoes via nntp and Thunderbird.  For example,      
   adding/dropping an echo area doesn't require extra special commands to the     
   boss.  There is no turn-around wait that an areafix requires.  That's     
   pretty efficient, no?   
      
      
   > But I like OpenXP, Golded and WinPoint.   
   > WinPoint is without source and extremely buggy.   
      
   Sadly, yes.. WinPoint feels like it has potential. But the buggyness can     
   get in the way of enjoying a smooth ride.   
      
      
   > OpenXP is originally written for Zerberus (?) and Fido is bolstered on.   
      
   I did not realize that Fido was "bolstered on".  But so far there are no     
   problems except for a nodelist issue that I have come across.   
      
      
   > Golded needs a dedicated tosser and mailer (that is not necessarily a bad   
   > thing ...) But all of them have their advantages.   
      
   If you recognize the merits in WinPoint, then you may have heard of     
   SemPoint for Windows.  It relies on external tosser and mailer too.  But     
   it supports QWK, Jam, Squish, PKT all simulateously depending on a feed's     
   offerings, and stores the messages in a database style.  I thought that I     
   would revisit SemPoint and just add Binkd as mailer.  But I am missing     
   something in the config because it complains that it cannot save my     
   messages.  If I could just get to the point where it can save a message     
   PKT, then sending them off with Binkd should work.   
      
      
   Regards,   
     ../|ug   
      
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