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What if you're homepage was a command prompt?

11 points by Corrado 10y ago

flashgordon 9y ago
Neat idea. Tab completion (+auto complete?) would have been really good too!
rm_-rf_slash 9y ago
Neat! If anything, the novelty of a command prompt hooked me to read more about the company than the slick-and-snazzy sites usually get me to do.
abuani 9y ago
I tried to tab for autocomplete and it toggles Chrome's info button showing the sites not secure. How to I put in a pull request for autocomplete?
bshimmin 9y ago
Idea for the next iteration: make the keywords in bold into links which can be clicked, then get rid of the command prompt.
- bhaak 9y ago
  It's cumbersome on mobile, so making the bold keywords into links would be a good idea. But I don't think they should get rid of the command prompt. One of my most immersive gaming experience was with Space Quest III and that was mainly because of the keyboard (even though my version also featured mouse support).
  - bshimmin 9y ago
    Sorry, I was being a bit snarky there (if you make the bold keywords clickable, it of course obviates the need for the command prompt - but the command prompt is fun in and of itself, even if it's more cumbersome to use).
ThinkingGuy 9y ago
For those wondering what happens if you try view this page in a text-only browser, Elinks just shows a blank page with the text "Ey_Terminal :: Home" in the upper left corner.
_eric 9y ago
That's an interesting idea. Minor typo in the title of this post, though: you're > your.
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oneoranotherone 9y ago
type hacking in prompt :-)
tyingq 9y ago
Breaks if you type this into the command line: <div class="command"></div>
- sonofgod 9y ago
  And <script>alert("!")</script> works :)
throwaway2016a 9y ago
I think I'd rather see something like... "Telnet into www.example.com 8080 for the text version of our site" and have the main site more friendly. Also, I don't intend to discount the work here but... this has been done... many times. I wish I could find a link right now. I've also seen homepages with vim key bindings. There is also a bug where you can't copy and paste because the text immediately deselects. That might be intentional though. Edit: also there might be a missed opportunity here. You could make applying for a job use the prompt as well. Might have the added bonus of testing how well the candidate knows command line. Right now it asks for applications via email.
- captn3m0 9y ago
  https://uni.xkcd.com/ https://uni.xkcd.com/ still works
zoidb 9y ago
You should check out http://terminal.jcubic.pl/ http://terminal.jcubic.pl/, it has a lot of nice terminal-like features and wouldn't be hard to drop in as a replacement if you were looking for something that feels a little more realistic. I used it for a side-project of mine, https://cmdchallenge.com https://cmdchallenge.com

11 points by Corrado 10y ago

Neat idea. Tab completion (+auto complete?) would have been really good too!

Neat! If anything, the novelty of a command prompt hooked me to read more about the company than the slick-and-snazzy sites usually get me to do.

abuani 9y ago

I tried to tab for autocomplete and it toggles Chrome's info button showing the sites not secure. How to I put in a pull request for autocomplete?

bshimmin 9y ago

Idea for the next iteration: make the keywords in bold into links which can be clicked, then get rid of the command prompt.

bhaak 9y ago
It's cumbersome on mobile, so making the bold keywords into links would be a good idea. But I don't think they should get rid of the command prompt. One of my most immersive gaming experience was with Space Quest III and that was mainly because of the keyboard (even though my version also featured mouse support).
- bshimmin 9y ago
  Sorry, I was being a bit snarky there (if you make the bold keywords clickable, it of course obviates the need for the command prompt - but the command prompt is fun in and of itself, even if it's more cumbersome to use).

ThinkingGuy 9y ago

For those wondering what happens if you try view this page in a text-only browser, Elinks just shows a blank page with the text "Ey_Terminal :: Home" in the upper left corner.

_eric 9y ago

That's an interesting idea. Minor typo in the title of this post, though: you're > your.

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oneoranotherone 9y ago

type hacking in prompt :-)

tyingq 9y ago

Breaks if you type this into the command line: <div class="command"></div>

sonofgod 9y ago
And <script>alert("!")</script> works :)

throwaway2016a 9y ago

I think I'd rather see something like... "Telnet into www.example.com 8080 for the text version of our site" and have the main site more friendly. Also, I don't intend to discount the work here but... this has been done... many times. I wish I could find a link right now. I've also seen homepages with vim key bindings. There is also a bug where you can't copy and paste because the text immediately deselects. That might be intentional though. Edit: also there might be a missed opportunity here. You could make applying for a job use the prompt as well. Might have the added bonus of testing how well the candidate knows command line. Right now it asks for applications via email.

captn3m0 9y ago
https://uni.xkcd.com/ https://uni.xkcd.com/ still works

zoidb 9y ago

You should check out http://terminal.jcubic.pl/ http://terminal.jcubic.pl/, it has a lot of nice terminal-like features and wouldn't be hard to drop in as a replacement if you were looking for something that feels a little more realistic. I used it for a side-project of mine, https://cmdchallenge.com https://cmdchallenge.com