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 and was received on  Fri Nov  7 06:34:26 1986
 


In response to Tom Keller's article in comp-soc...

>   I couldn't disagree with you more about TBBS.  I find it to be clunky, 
>unfriendly and irritating.  I use a TBBS system locally, and it is one of 
>the silliest things I have seen yet.

    In the above piece, the 'you' metioned is Kathy.  Now, on to what I
really have to say. 

    To judge one TBBS as bad and then to equate all TBBS systems as bad
is a bad move.  This goes for all BBS systems, be they RBBS, Collie, Fido,
C-Net, A-Net, homegrown, etc., etc., etc.  There are bazillions (new number,
I just made it up) of public access computer systems, and they all have 
their merits.  I do agree with you, Tom, about TBBS, it does seem more
unfriendly than other BBS systems I have used.  I am in the process of
setting up a BBS in the Philadelphia, and have just realized that I am
setting it up in a way that pleases ME, without considering the people
that are going to be using it.  I suppose this happens often in the BBS
world, because sysops are the kings of their systems, and often rule them
without help from a 'committee', making judgements less than good for the
global user base.

>[this leads nicely to the fact that not all interfaces are alike and that 
> there is no such thing as the "right" interface or a "perfect" interface, 
> because we're all so different!  -- Dave]

     Maybe we could shoot off onto a tanget that discusses what people
desire in an interface, and also discuss what interfaces we like, and
which ones 'turn us off' :-)

	  [feel free to start one, Chuck!!   -- Dave]

Chuck Conway
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