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Re: bbx alpha version

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:33:10 -0800
Anonymous <poster@anon.com> wrote:

> snippets). Then the green design of the site as such (the font,
> background pic and the effects), this is something for which I found
> bits and pieces on the internet and adapted them to my needs (it's

I'm pretty impressed with the font etc. Nice css work!

> all in the css, so it's simple to transfer). using lynx to fetch the
> actual news content reduced my code by at least half, maybe even more
> (and it was the less good half of the code that went :-) ). I think

I added lynx as a door a few years ago in synchronet and it worked
great, but one thing I found I had to be careful with and disable was
that by default lynx would allow shell escapes, which I really didn't
want users doing :)

I don't know how commands will be sent to lynx with bbx, but it's
something to consider to make sure it's not possible to do this.

> that (smaller and better) codebase is something that could be
> maintained also over a longer period without issue, so guess I will
> release it as a replacement for bbs. The look and feel will always be
> basic compared to  more complex forum software, but so be it (at
> least the design is reflecting this as well now :-) ).

It's a very unique design (in 2020). Kind of a fun interface.

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Re: bbx alpha version Anonymous <poster@anon.com> - 2020-12-16 03:33 -0800
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