Hello August!

On 06.05.19 at 20:28, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Here's some more .....

OpenXP
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Additions
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[CONS]

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[PROS]

----------8<----------

I *knew* this project was going to turn into more like a features comparison list! LOL Nothing wrong with that, except that maybe a
table like the sample that I've *updated* here at the bottom might work:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Yes, that looks doable.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:240/2188.31)

Hello Martin!

** 06.05.19 - 14:08, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

[CONS]
No support for USB printers.

I've included this in the table (I've allowed "wireless printers" to be
part of USB), and have applied a reference to the hack solution.

[PROS]
Automatic nodelist/pointlist updating.

That, I have noticed. Very nice. Once configured, never have to bother
with separate tasks like "compiling".

Real-time language switching to/from English/German.

Really? WHERE is that?

Multi-Quote replying.

What is so particular about that? Is there a specific setting/config for that?

Twit filter.

Albiet, limited to "fully listed" or manually added names: "fname lname@z:nnn/nnn.p"

Show hex dumps of messages.

WHERE is that?

Supports collection of identical echos from multiple Boss Nodes.

I bet you really like that, to compare feeds from multiple boss nodes?

Fully integrated email/news clients(POP3, SMTP, NNTP, SSL/TLS, IPv4,
IPv6)

That is rather cool. Therefore, OXP could be a quite nice all-in-one kind
of solution for someone. But personally, t-bird or similar Windows prog
is the better tool for email and nntp, IMHO. ;)

Practically ALL of your PROs and CONs observations are now included in the table:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Since the list was quite long, I grouped your submissions as per
"function" and separated the new groupings a bit for better readability.



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--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

## 12.05.19 at 19:36:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

[CONS] No support for USB printers.

I've included this in the table (I've allowed "wireless printers" to be part of USB), and have applied a reference to the hack solution.

Thanks.

[PROS] Automatic nodelist/pointlist updating.

That, I have noticed. Very nice. Once configured, never have to bother with separate tasks like "compiling".

Yup, very sweet.

Real-time language switching to/from English/German.

Really? WHERE is that?

To change from English to German:
Config -> Options -> Language

To change from German to English:
Config -> Optionen -> Sprache

Multi-Quote replying.

What is so particular about that?

Quote multiple messages in a single reply.

Is there a specific setting/config for that?

Nope, just mark a bunch of messages with the <Spacebar> and then press <Shift+B>. However, I do not like the way OpenXP handles this, it's
somewhat messy to say the least. Try it and you'll see what I mean but
don't forget to unmark all the marked messages after you're done.

Twit filter.

Albiet, limited to "fully listed" or manually added names: "fname lname@z:nnn/nnn.p"

yup.

Show hex dumps of messages.

WHERE is that?

Cursor over any message in any message list and press <Ctrl+H>.

Supports collection of identical echos from multiple Boss Nodes.

I bet you really like that, to compare feeds from multiple boss nodes?

Not only that, it paid dividends when my UK Boss Node's system was down
for 3 weeks recently - it guaranteed continuity of mail :)

Fully integrated email/news clients(POP3, SMTP, NNTP, SSL/TLS, IPv4,
IPv6)

That is rather cool. Therefore, OXP could be a quite nice all-in-one
kind of solution for someone. But personally, t-bird or similar
Windows prog is the better tool for email and nntp, IMHO. ;)

Practically ALL of your PROs and CONs observations are now included in
the table:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Thanks very much for that.

Since the list was quite long, I grouped your submissions as per "function" and separated the new groupings a bit for better readability.

OK .....

In the bit about mbcico, can you change "protocol" to "mailer", thanks.

Regards,
Martin

--- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)

Hello August!

*** Saturday 27.04.19 at 19:22, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

For your perusal and comments/additions/corrections:
https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Thank you very much indeed for putting that up, much appreciated.
Where should we post our comments/additions/corrections :)

Oh.. this echo is probably fine for that. Or.. a netmail with "PRO" or "CON" somewhere in the Subject would get my attention too.

Can you please add the following:

Addition
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[APoint] PROS
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Supports Styled Text(Bold, Italic, Underlined)

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.46
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** On Tuesday 22.09.20 - 14:02, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Addition
========

[APoint] PROS
-------------
Supports Styled Text(Bold, Italic, Underlined)

DONE.

The footnote [*8] has been added with your fix.

And I adjusted the date format on that table to dd/mm/yyyy

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/


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--- OpenXP 5.0.46
* Origin: ----------Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate.---------- (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

*** Sunday 27.09.20 at 09:21, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Addition
========

[APoint] PROS
-------------
Supports Styled Text(Bold, Italic, Underlined)

DONE.

Thanks for that.

The footnote [*8] has been added with your fix.

And for that.

And I adjusted the date format on that table to dd/mm/yyyy

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Thanks for that also but take a close look at the month :-))

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.46
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** On Monday 28.09.20 - 09:35, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

And I adjusted the date format on that table to dd/mm/yyyy

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Thanks for that also but take a close look at the month :-))

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88 `8b d8' `8b 88 88 88
88 88 88 88 88aaaaa88a 88
88 88 88 88 88 88 dP
88 .8P Y8. .8P 88 88
8888888P `8888P' dP dP oo


Thanks for pointing that out.

I recently paid closer attention to what my online banking
system uses, invoices, and what the gov't prefers.

Bank = dd/mm/yyyy.
Statments = mm/dd/yyyy
Gov't = yyyy/mm/dd

If anything, we are conditioned to keep guessing what our
reality is. :( No wonder I am confused.

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--- OpenXP 5.0.46
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Hello, August Abolins - Martin Foster.
On 9/28/20 12:19 AM you wrote:

Thanks for pointing that out. I recently paid closer attention to
what my online banking system uses, invoices, and what the gov't
prefers. Bank = dd/mm/yyyy. Statments = mm/dd/yyyy Gov't =
yyyy/mm/dd

Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the
military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.
I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.

If anything, we are conditioned to keep guessing what our reality
is. :( No wonder I am confused.
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Hello Chuck!

*** Tuesday 29.09.20 at 22:15, Chuck Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

[snip]

Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.
I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.

Although I've lived in the UK all my life and was brought up to use the British date format(dd/mm/yyyy), I now much prefer to use the European
date format(dd.mm.yyyy).

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.47
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)