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Taking your ideas for my next linux app (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm bored and want to practice my Rust skills. I am the creator of open-tv. If you have any idea for a linux desktop app, even if it seems quite complex, I will take it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A text web browser that actually lets you log in to websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You mean a web browser in a terminal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

or a TTY. One that doesn't need X or Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Something like Browsh? It still uses firefox underneath the hood though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I tried that. Websites are completely unreadable in a TTY, because it tries to render an image using ASCII.
And when I run it in Wayland, it's just a lower resolution Firefox frontend.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There used to be lynx. Oh look, it's still being maintained. Not sure how well it works though, might have to try it out:

https://lynx.invisible-island.net/release/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I tried lynx, links, links2, elinks and w3m. None of them let me log into any website.

I also tried browsh and carbonyl which theoretically support everything Firefox and Chromium can do, respectively.
But they don't receive signals from gpm and don't offer keyboard navigation so I can't click on any links in a TTY.