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# An Invition to a Graphical Moo

- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 20:07:34 PDT
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    Hello --

    We've spent a lot of time over the last couple months making a
    graphical MOO, and it's finally to the point where it can be beta
    tested.  Some parts of it are incredibly smooth, and will be unlike
    any other MOO you have tried.  Some parts are so clunky you will wish
    you had never tried them.

    It's an unaltered LambdaMOO, being served by a slightly customized
    Apache server and some custom CGI scripts.  It's designed primarily
    for people with good net connectivity, but should be usable (without
    undue pain) on 9.6 or better modem.

    You connect to this MOO (HereMOO) with an HTML browser.  We've really
    only tested it with Netscape, but it should work with a most other
    current browsers.  The address is http://trickle.tripod.com.  Follow the
    instructions you'll find there.   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    The MOO is fully graphical.  Anything you can do on the web you can do
    in the MOO.  Objects are described with HTML and images, as well as
    text. There is no separate telnet session.  All interaction is done by
    forms, imagemaps, and links.  Or you can ignore that and use the
    command line.  And almost all standard MOO stuff will work too.

    The instructions imply that you have to already be a Tripod member
    before you test the MOO.  We'd love it if you'd sign up (free
    forever), but you're welcome to preview first.  If you do choose to
    sign up, be sure to use the same username and password you used for
    the MOO.  You do have to create a character using the signup form on
    trickle.tripod.com so that you are put in the access file.

    Have a look.  We'd love to hear your comments and suggestions -- this
    is a project we are planning to put a lot more time into, and we are
    open to new directions to expand in.  In a few weeks we'll be opening
    it up to programmers.  And believe it or not, when we're less tired
    our prose isn't quite this dry and we don't sound nearly as boring.

    Hope to see some of you around...
    (oh, and stay away from the back button while in the MOO)

    --nate

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    melanie@tripod.com    HereMOO Moostress.
    nate@tripod.com       Webserf         moo:  http://trickle.tripod.com
    ethan@tripod.com      Webmaster
    jeff@tripod.com	      Webengineer     site: http://www.tripod.com
    colin@tripod.com      Mooster of Ceremonies

    Questions to moo@tripod.com.       HereMOO = http://trickle.tripod.com
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