The Win Wall thing

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> Mark,
> 
> We use(d to) FineLine Message Manager. I say used to, because six or eight
> months ago I switched to webmail. However, we still use a few features of
> the FL thing. One of which is a Broadcast option that is very cool. It

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Sounds cool enough.  I never liked FMM, as you know--it was more the
interface circa 1993, really...too much like a clunky version of Pine in
many ways for my taste, which is of course subjective.  But they did have
some nice features under the hood, to their credit.

> So, if that is helpful to you, I don't know... because it is not a free or
> even inexpensive program.  As for any of this, it almost all has become
> passé since we now have company wide full voice/text/browser rooms like the
> FP Room. It's not wall... and it doesn't do character-based stuff... but it
> has everyone knowing what's going on pretty quickly.... since you can just
> say "We are shutting down in 5 minutes!!!! Tell anyone who isn't logged into
> the room!"  :-)  Yes, I know it is nothing like it at all... but one
> important benefit above wall is that it is audible and the user does not
> have to be looking at their screen... they can even be working in some other
> part of their office and hear the announcements.

True enough, but not everyone is rigged for it, unfortunately, as we both
know.  Which is a shame, as it's quite beneficial.

I dunno...I've toyed with the idea for a few months, on and off.  I'm
leaning against it right now, since there have been other things out
there--even as only subsets of other packages.  I may as well spend my time
doing something more useful, then.  I have some other things to code in the
meanwhile before I start another "pet project" anyway.  Hopefully I'll come
up with something cooler that would be more useful in the interim when I
only have the resources to think of ideas, but not code on them.

I appreciate the input, John.  Thanks!  That actually helped put it in
perspective a bit.

mark->
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