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    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Dmxrob on Sunday, August 30, 2026 13:13:00
    Hello Dmxrob!

    ** On Thursday 27.08.26 - 15:22, Dmxrob wrote to Knight Shadow:

    I think the biggest barrier to entry is people don't know how to access boards. We need a well-used, modern access program - SyncTerm is about all I know of, and it's decent but not all that intuitive at at times.

    There is also the mobile barrier... BBS systems are just not designed for mobile interaction.

    BinkterPHP seems to be a good approach for the mobile-device user.

    I'm sure that the interface can even be adjusted to mimic the style of X or facebook.


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  • From Fae Empress@VERT/INTRANIC to Ogg on Monday, August 31, 2026 08:22:20
    There is also the mobile barrier... BBS systems are just not designed for mobile interaction.

    BinkterPHP seems to be a good approach for the mobile-device user.

    I'm sure that the interface can even be adjusted to mimic the style of X or facebook.

    Synchronet works well for me. I think the design could be improved for mobile devices, but that would just take a little CSS/HTML work.

    A few years ago I worked on a Fediverse/Echomail bridge which could bridge one network into Mastodon/Friendica/Etc. However, I realized that things would get too chaotic, too many messages, etc. So I dropped development. I still have random messages sitting in my echomail base from Mastodon posts while testing.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Fae Empress on Monday, August 31, 2026 15:39:44
    Re: Re: the mobile barrier for BBS systems
    By: Fae Empress to Ogg on Mon Aug 31 2026 08:22 am

    There is also the mobile barrier... BBS systems are just not designed for mobile interaction.

    BinkterPHP seems to be a good approach for the mobile-device user.

    I'm sure that the interface can even be adjusted to mimic the style of X or facebook.

    Synchronet works well for me. I think the design could be improved for mobile > devices, but that would just take a little CSS/HTML work.

    A few years ago I worked on a Fediverse/Echomail bridge which could bridge one network into Mastodon/Friendica/Etc. However, I realized that things would get too chaotic, too many messages, etc. So I dropped development. I still have random messages sitting in my echomail base from Mastodon posts while testing.

    they have a telegram to fidonet bridge and it looks pretty messy. 2 different Formats of communication.

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