Web Reviews

• Region 15 Web page
• Region 53 Web page

Region 15 Web Page
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308

Where?: http://www.bobsplc.com/public/reg15/

This reporter may be a little prejudice in this review. I've always liked the desert areas of the U.S.A. New Mexico was, and still is, where I want to live.

The background of the page is beautiful. Nice "sky blue" fade. Of course, there is the "Dog with Diskette" at the top. How else to tell it is a Fidonet page? :-)

The title is a large font instead of a graphic. Nice in that it loads faster. Up front, this page tells you where the Region is located. If you look, there is a link for applying for a Node number.

As you scroll down, there's a nice picture and a blurb telling who hosts the page and where the host is located. I'm not sure that this plug of a BBS is warranted, but it's not my page. :)

We now come to the menu area. There are four links here. Dial-up BBS list in R15, telnet BBS in R15, Links to other Fidonet sites and a link for applying for a Node number in R15.

The "Links to other Fidonet Sites" is a little sparse, but I'm sure that will come around in time. :)

At the bottom of the page is a link to retrieve Policy 4 and some credits and copyright.

All in all, a nice page. Some work yet to be done, obviously, but a good page.

Good Fidonet web page surfing to you all,

Frank

Region 53 Web Page
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308

Where: http://fido.bitsoft.ro

To call this a Fidonet web page would be understating thing. This is more like a Fidonet world. The design looks like something you would see on a new site or something. It is well designed and organized.

At the top is the header that announces what the site is about and gives location. Under that are options for member log in, search and topics. You can join, but it is not required. Down the left side are links to other parts of the site. The center is used for news article "snippets" to read and a link to read the article if it interests you. On the right side is an option to select your language, a "poll" area for voting and a log in option for members.

I haven't explored this site in full, but from what I have looked at, it is impressive. The one thing I don't like is the "Dog with Diskette". The poor thing seems a little "squashed" to me. :)

I would suggest that you take a look at this site. It's clean looking, well designed and organized. The site promotes the positive and give information. Very well done IMHO.

Happy surfing,

Frank