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PBM is dead! Long live PBM!
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I haven't seen the interface for Empyrean Cluster Wars, yet, but being Access-based, as in Microsoft Access database type, can be both a plus and a negative for the game. Many certainly are already familiar with Access, but I doubt that such would appeal to the uninitiated. But, again, it really would just depend on how it felt to the end user.

A plus side to sending turns in via FTP is that FTP uploads and downloads tend to be faster than web based ones, but they are likely aiming for a broadband based audience, to which any upload or download times would be negligible, I am inclined to think.

As far as most web sites not having a good user interface, I agree. Heck, I would even apply that characterization to the website in use here on the PlayByMail.Net site, although it is always desirable to continually improve on that aspect of things. So, I can certainly relate. Designing a user-friendly and intuitive interface for a game would likely be a challenge that exceeds designing a user-friendly and intuitive interface for a website, by far.
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PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 04:58 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 06:16 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 06:26 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 06:47 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 07:04 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 07:25 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Toppers - 02-06-2011, 02:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 02-22-2011, 09:09 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-27-2011, 06:31 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-29-2011, 02:26 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-29-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Hatch - 03-30-2011, 10:09 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-12-2011, 08:12 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 03-22-2011, 07:23 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-26-2011, 09:43 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 03-27-2011, 03:03 AM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-27-2011, 04:45 AM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-27-2011, 02:06 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 03-29-2011, 08:48 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-30-2011, 03:16 AM

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