[HN Gopher] Neonmodem: TUI for Lobsters, HN, etc.
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       Neonmodem: TUI for Lobsters, HN, etc.
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2024-01-11 13:35 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | tyfon wrote:
       | Nice!
       | 
       | The opening graphics gives me a bit of bluewave vibes.
       | 
       | Now if HN could implement qwk/rep support :)
        
         | zilti wrote:
         | What's qwk/rep?
        
           | mtmail wrote:
           | Message protocol used by BBS systems (before the internet)
        
       | tiffanyh wrote:
       | A lot of linux environments include Lynx.
       | 
       | It's a text-based web browser.
       | 
       | It's possible you already have Lynx installed, and it'd give
       | similar results (but is general purpose for any website)
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
        
         | ksherlock wrote:
         | links or elinks are also available and often render better.
        
           | zimpenfish wrote:
           | w3m is also available and also pretty good (but doesn't
           | appear to have the lovely colour style system that Lynx has.)
        
             | eichin wrote:
             | and w3m has w3m-img if you want to get just one step more
             | graphical while still being fundamentally a tui (it does
             | terminal/character cell layout, then uses the WINDOWID to
             | stuff images on the terminal screen. Probably the kind of
             | thing wayland doesn't allow? :-)
        
               | eichin wrote:
               | (hmm, the neonmodem FAQ mentions it has an image
               | rendering feature too, to come full circle)
        
               | shiomiru wrote:
               | w3m also supports image display through the sixel, kitty,
               | and mlterm image protocols; these should also work on
               | wayland with terminal emulators that support them (i.e.
               | almost any terminal except vte or alacritty).
        
       | boomboomsubban wrote:
       | They seem to have spent a ton of time on their website, why link
       | to the github with no information? https://neonmodem.com/
        
         | diggan wrote:
         | Maybe I'm in the minority here, but the GitHub readme seems to
         | convey what the project actually is, with written text. On the
         | website I just see a bunch of fancy images and marketing
         | gabble, but it doesn't actually say what Neonmodem is on it.
        
           | boomboomsubban wrote:
           | When I checked an hour ago, the link went directly to a page
           | that had the latest release and no readme. I checked twice,
           | in two seperate browsers.
           | 
           | Now a readme does popup, so it makes more sense. No idea what
           | was happening, but as nothing changed it seems to have been
           | on my end.
        
         | zem wrote:
         | all i see on the website is a download link and an animated
         | screenshot, both of which are also on the github page along
         | with a lot of other information. i even opened it up in
         | incognito mode to see if one of my extensions was blocking
         | stuff, but no, it really does look like a superminimal site to
         | me.
        
           | battles wrote:
           | The terminal is rotatable. It's kinda neat.
        
       | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
       | Is there a terminal only chat app with chat rooms?
       | 
       | I would love to use something like that.
        
         | bitwize wrote:
         | irssi :)
        
           | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
           | not a big fan of irc to be honest
        
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