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  Re: bbx alpha version Anonymous <poster@anon.com> - 2020-12-16 03:33 -0800
    Re: bbx alpha version Retro Guy <retro_guy@retrobbs.rocksolidbbs.com> - 2020-12-16 16:26 -0700

#152 — Re: bbx alpha version

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thanks for the nice feedback.
lynx (with the -source switch) delivers the html which it would normally display on its own screen, (mostly this means taking care of the links in group view, the messages are actually just text 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 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 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 :-) ).

trw

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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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