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    From opicron@21:3/126 to paulie420 on Saturday, January 15, 2022 20:14:04
    Yo Paulie (or anybody),

    Can you please help me try to break the animated login on my board? I
    finished the first beta and I think it works (and looks) pretty damn well.

    L8er,
    oP!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: TheForze - bbs.opicron.eu:23 (21:3/126)
  • From McDoob@21:4/135 to opicron on Saturday, January 15, 2022 16:25:52
    Yo Paulie (or anybody),

    Can you please help me try to break the animated login on my board? I finished the first beta and I think it works (and looks) pretty damn
    well.

    I'm anybody! Testing with SyncTERM

    Login thoughts:

    The animation shows up really well. However, the font for your title is a little hard to read (looks like 'forge'). This may be just personal taste, though...Not sure if this is a bug, or intended, but pressing any of F1-F5
    will pause/unpause the animation.


    Other thoughts:

    The mailcheck is a little buggy...choosing Y on the more prompt will show you six blank pages before saying 'Found X new email(s), read now?'

    The transition from file/message menu back to main is nice. I think that
    should be applied to *all* menu transitions. :)

    I also really like the screensaver. Having your title stay above the
    animation looks great. However, 30 seconds feels like too short of a delay.
    I'd feel a little more comfortable with 60 seconds. F1-F5 pauses this animation, too.

    Overall, I really like the look you're going for! Keep up the good work!

    McDoob
    SysOp, PiBBS
    pibbs.sytes.net

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)
  • From opicron@21:3/126 to McDoob on Saturday, January 15, 2022 22:04:26
    I'm anybody! Testing with SyncTERM
    Login thoughts:

    The animation shows up really well. However, the font for your title is a little hard to read (looks like 'forge'). This may be just personal taste, though...Not sure if this is a bug, or intended, but pressing any of F1-F5 will pause/unpause the animation.
    It might need a bit more love, im in no way an artist.. Just mash buttons and output good :P.

    Will check F1-F5 in SyncTERM. Not sure what these buttons do. Tried in Netrunner and nothing happened.

    Other thoughts:

    The mailcheck is a little buggy...choosing Y on the more prompt will show six blank pages before saying 'Found X new email(s), read now?'
    Ohh noice, I think I know what is happening here. There is a animated ANSI scrollbar from 1998 which (might) not work in SyncTERM.

    The transition from file/message menu back to main is nice. I think that should be applied to *all* menu transitions. :)
    I actually had it on more screens. But it feels slow if it happens
    everywhere. Like into files and out of files. I think only exiting files is good enough.

    I also really like the screensaver. Having your title stay above the animation looks great. However, 30 seconds feels like too short of
    delay.

    Yeah on mystic A48 the timer will reset on any activity. Bringing it more
    like a real AFK scrsaver. Maybe it needs a few seconds more ^^.

    Overall, I really like the look you're going for! Keep up the good work!
    Thanks man, means a lot-- been working on this all week.

    oP!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: TheForze - bbs.opicron.eu:23 (21:3/126)
  • From opicron@21:3/126 to McDoob on Saturday, January 15, 2022 22:40:03
    I'm anybody! Testing with SyncTERM

    Which version of SyncTERM are you using? I found 1.1.

    About the F1-F5 keys, I notice they block animations on every board. Some
    form of debug in SyncTERM?

    oP!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: TheForze - bbs.opicron.eu:23 (21:3/126)
  • From McDoob@21:4/135 to opicron on Saturday, January 15, 2022 19:34:09
    The transition from file/message menu back to main is nice. I think t should be applied to *all* menu transitions. :)
    I actually had it on more screens. But it feels slow if it happens everywhere. Like into files and out of files. I think only exiting files is good enough.

    Well, what about going from main to another menu? It's a nice effect, and should be showcased! I didn't find it slow at all...

    Overall, I really like the look you're going for! Keep up the good wo
    Thanks man, means a lot-- been working on this all week.


    Clearly, you've been working on yours harder than I have on mine! =D

    McDoob
    SysOp, PiBBS
    pibbs.sytes.net

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)
  • From McDoob@21:4/135 to opicron on Saturday, January 15, 2022 19:36:53
    Which version of SyncTERM are you using? I found 1.1.

    About the F1-F5 keys, I notice they block animations on every board. Some form of debug in SyncTERM?


    Yep, v1.1

    I had never used the F-keys before now. You did ask my to try and break it,
    so I mashed every button on the keyboard until something broke! ;)

    If SyncTERM does this on every board, then it's not a bug on your side...

    McDoob
    SysOp, PiBBS
    pibbs.sytes.net

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)