On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <gra...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote: > > Why not do the best of both worlds. Setup a NNTP server, then use fpWeb (or > even plain CGI will do) to create a NNTP Web Client (aka Web Forum). Now all > based are covered - users can use the communication medium they prefer, and > fpWeb (if used) gets another nice "real world" demo.
It is great when you showcase your work. Another benefit is when you adopt industry standards like nnntp. Interoperability seems to have lost luster recently. > The WebNews HTTP front-end I use for my NNTP server is a very simple (and > rather small - 1063 line of perl including code comments) Perl script. It > acts as an ordinary NNTP client (so the NNTP server doesn't know the > difference), and the HTML in generates is rather plain too. I simply > dressed-up the HTML some basic CSS, to make it that little bit prettier. I think it should at least be professional looking. Taking a minimalist view would only bring the same complaints. > Hell, I don't even mind writing the CGI NNTP Client frontend, because I have > long been wanting to replace my Perl implementation with an Object Pascal > version. Again it would be best to get a team together and do something nice rather than simple. Andrew Brunner, Aurawin LLC http://aurawin.com/ A great place to store and share your pictures, videos, and more, featuring a rich cloud social computing platform. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
