[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3 alpha preview

[dave at proficia.com]

Dan Smith wrote:
>> The message window is great. Much easier for managing messages. When
>> it becomes beta I think I will use it for an email client! Will we
>> have the ability to add more folders?
>>     
>
> Yep, that's the plan.  I think I will also provide some sort of "shared
> folder" support to allow you to organize what messages specific stations
> see and can download (think per-station drop boxes like a BBS).  With a
> little automatic sorting logic, this should allow even more BBS-like
> behavior.
>
> Right now, if you like, you can go to %APPDATA%\D-RATS\messages and
> create extra folders on the filesystem.  D-RATS will pick these up on
> startup.  Obviously I'll provide a way to do that in the app, I just
> haven't done that yet.
>
>   
>> I really like the files window. What is the functionality of the
>> connect and disconnect buttons? The Pull Down Window? Is this where
>> the stations will show up?
>>     
>
> Type a (valid) callsign in the box and hit connect.  It will work like
> FTP to move files back and forth between the local and remote panels.
> The drop-down will eventually be pre-populated with known stations, as
> you would expect.
>
>   
Files Section VERY COOL. Its great having 2 windows so you can compare 
local and remote.