-=> Bj”rn Felten wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> Just for curiosity, I browsed to fidonews.eu, and
 DC> was presented with a "Login first" page.  Most people won't do
 DC> that.

 BF>    Of course they do not. That's why there is a "Check it out
 BF> anonymously" link at the top left. What most people of yours
 BF> would not want that, if you are *really* interested in fidonet?

All right, I'll play your little game.

That link opens up a Usenet client, since it's a "news:" 
link.  In my case, on a Linux box, it opens a client called Knode, 
and there's *NOTHING* there, except a couple of empty folders.  
Nobody would know what to do with that.  Hell, I don't even know, 
and I am a regular user of Usenet (with a different client 
application).  It would require them to set up your site as a new 
Usenet server.

So, please explain how that is helpful to a prospective Fidonet 
sysop.  The odds of that person knowing how to use/navigate a 
Usenet client is pretty much ZERO.  Do you seriously expect them 
to jump through all those hoops?

Why do you *CHOOSE* to make it such a link?  You're not trying to 
make it difficult on purpose, are you?




... Ignorance can be cured.  Stupid is forever.
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