... you can now put down your pencils.

Class is dismissed ...

"Besides, how much fun would it be, if there was a forum already set out for us, where we could not have the opportunity to create our own world, just the way each individual wanted his/her particular post to look like?"

Slim, have you ever used any other BBS software but this one? You don't seem to be grasping what I am talking about here. Question for you:

Do you handcode HTML into your emails too??? ;o) Also, before people start thinking you are teaching them HTML, I should point out that ( and ) are not used in tags. We use < and >

FYI: The INFOPOP Ultimate BBS software as well as most others allow you to use a simple form of markup code within a message in addition to formatting using a GUI interface, although there is really little need to do so since EVERYTHING you are doing here can be done in a fraction of the time. You have the option to use either one or both.

(If you have Outlook or Outlook Express, you already have an interface like UBB.)

Even though this current system permits a redumentary use of markup, the fact that such a tiny percentage of the users here even bother to use line breaks indicates to me that most don't want to be bothered adding all those extra characters manually. It just takes too much time, and since you can't preview your message or edit after posting, newbies are going to end up posting a lot of botched messages.

Like I said before, if you want to rationalize the limitations of this primitive system into a list of benefits, be my guest. Its too bad that so many in this thread prefers to chastise people for suggesting a better way, rather than taking the time to consider their suggestion by examining other software.

In case there is anyone lurking out there (Gonz?) that is actually interested in seeing what I am talking about go HERE


Later.

"Also, before people start thinking you are teaching them HTML, I should point out that ( and ) are not used in tags. We use < and >"

Sorry...I didn't realize you were using the ( ) to keep the system from hiding the code on each end of the text.

GoldenGooser ....

Goose ... I've have used several other BBS software, and know exactly what you are talking about. But, it just doesn't bother me as much as it seems to bother you.

And who really cares? If someone wants to be lazy and do it their way ... fine. I don't see using a couple of br's between paragraphs as being all that difficult, or time consuming. The fancy stuff is just for fun, and it excercises the brain.

And believe me ... I have taught everyone here a great deal in the previous posts. Have you ever thought that the tiny amount of users who use paragraph breaks, just might be the very same ones who wanted me to email it to them?

Now that the entire population (at least the ones who read this thread) have this information ... let's see what happens. I don't suspect everyone will get into a frenzy of the fancy stuff ... but the simple paragraph breaks are notall that hard to do ...

Besides ... I don't know about everyone else, but I like the way this forum looks.

Why would Cigarbid, in all it's uniqueness and individuality, want to go out and look like every other BB on the internet.

This place has a style all it's own ...

Wow ... this is really strange. I'm at my work computer, and my font change doesn't work here ... they are just large colored arial fonts.

At home before I left ... they were the shotgun BT and shotgunblanks BT font.

Very strange indeed, since Jimmy's still works ...

Hmm..maybe these instrustions will work for me

Lets see.

I am empowered with the knowledge. Thank you. No more run on

paragraphs.

Cool ... empower the masses, and change is inevitable.