= Сообщение: 5842 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29 06 Dec 21 09:37:35 Кому : Ward Dossche 06 Dec 21 09:37:35 Тема : Re^2: Re^2: Valid conference names FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:240/1120.29+0154f502 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:292/854+042d2932 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:292/854+0d422f40 ============================================================================== //Hello Ward,//
on *05.12.21* at *23:33:35* You wrote in rea *FTSC_PUBLIC* to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"Re: Re^2: Valid conference names"*.
TS>> Since this not really existis in the wild, I should fix it ... but its TS>> non-triavial as i REALLY needed those 8 bytes ... Damn! WD> I kinda like Rob Swindel's remark ... but I'm not an FTSC-member ...
I am a big fan of that, but it kinda feels wrong to lower the number in the standard. What I particularly think of is access to newsgroups that continue to exist and have long names. For Fido itself, 50 would probably do.
WD> Other than that ... Why 'Winpoint' ?
Because its a complete Point package for Windows :) Back in the days the platform was the distinguishing feature compared to something like crosspoint.
WD> I think I can run a point with most any mailer-software ... what makes WP WD> unique?
The basic idea was always to make a complete package thats simple and convenient for "normal" users, who are happy just to enter minimum configuration information (node numbers and passwords) at setup and be essentially ready to go without complex configuration. WP95 already included everything that one normally needed as a point: - Mailer - Tosser - Editor - Nodelist processor - File request editor - Area Manager
THe original WP95 was quite popular with less technical users that preferred to have a GUI. For example, AFAIR all of BeeNet was using WP because those people cared mostly about honey.
However, the current version is halfway stuck on the way from the Original WinPoint 95 to something else. There have been many changes, and most notable a change in the localization system that didnt make it to every part of the software resulting in a product that can (today) only be partially localized. The rest remains german. I am working on that.
Still it seems, that some small part of the functionality is (for reasons I forgot) no longer working. In particular, WP95 included fully automatic node-/pointlist processing. Today, the step where incoming diffs are decompressed into the correct folders is not happing for reasons I still have to find (lack of time). Looking into that as well.
Overall, the current version of WP is IMHO perfectly usable, particularly if you dont mind that some of the less important modules (e.g., area manager, file request editor) are still not localized.
Regards, Tim --- WinPoint 380.2 * Origin: Original WinPoint Origin! (2:240/1120.29)
