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Show HN: Textnet.io – The Internet of Text

14 points by adius 9y ago

adius 9y ago
Hi, I'm the creator of textnet.io. I hope this will become a global movement against bloated websites and useless styling. Looking forward to your feedback and happy to answer all your questions!
- BenjiWiebe 9y ago
  Typo: file extension of pandoc epub example is pdf not epub.
  - adius 9y ago
    Thanks, fixed it!
- Tempest1981 9y ago
  The emojis didn't display for me, on iOS. Content-encoding issue? > It can also include emojis ðŸ˜ðŸŽ‰!
  - adius 9y ago
    Forgot to set encoding in Content-Type. Fixed it now! =)
- zaro 9y ago
  How about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
  - adius 9y ago
    There are several browser extensions available which activate the links. E.g. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnm... Mobile is harder to solve. Haven't found a good solution yet. I guess we'll have to write an extra Textnet browser .
  - adius 9y ago
    Also, turns out that https://insomnia.rest https://insomnia.rest is a pretty good client for the Textnet and it automatically enables links!
du_bing 9y ago
Good idea.
mrgoose 9y ago
What about Mathjax/Latex?
- adius 9y ago
  Works! Just updated the FAQ on how to enable LaTeX rendering. Basically you need to use the browser extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdown-preview-plus/febilkbfcbhebfnokafefeacimjdckgl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdown-preview-p... and open http://textnet.io/readme.md http://textnet.io/readme.md instead of http://textnet.io http://textnet.io.
CamTin 9y ago
I'm all against useless styling, but a web without clickable hyperlinks is not a web at all.
- perilunar 9y ago
  To be fair, it's the "Internet of Text", not the "Web of Text". But I agree, it's kind of dumb. They could meet all of their 'why's with plain unstyled HTML.
- adius 9y ago
  There are several browser extensions available which activate the links. E.g. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnm...
lioeters 9y ago
Back to the basics - I like it! Kind of ironic (?) that this feels so fresh and different from most of the web these days. It does inspire me to offer content in raw form like plain text, or at least bare HTML. I wonder, it's probably not realistic to expect non-technical people to install browser extensions that render Markdown automatically. Without it, there are no links possible though..
jjyuytjjjjju 9y ago
> <https://feram.io> https://feram.io>. A service which automatically finds & fixes bugs in code. Yay, text ads
- adius 9y ago
  Haha, at least they are not flashing around and popping up into the viewport. Someone's gotta keep the lights on, right? ;-)
zafiro17 9y ago
I love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world toward a simpler web is a good thing, no matter how you do it. In the meantime, I like to surf with lynx and links text browsers, which converts the entire rest of the WWW into a text-only experience. (And I'm not alone!)
blabberer 9y ago
Test comment, please ignore

14 points by adius 9y ago

Hi, I'm the creator of textnet.io. I hope this will become a global movement against bloated websites and useless styling. Looking forward to your feedback and happy to answer all your questions!

BenjiWiebe 9y ago
Typo: file extension of pandoc epub example is pdf not epub.
- adius 9y ago
  Thanks, fixed it!
Tempest1981 9y ago
The emojis didn't display for me, on iOS. Content-encoding issue? > It can also include emojis ðŸ˜ðŸŽ‰!
- adius 9y ago
  Forgot to set encoding in Content-Type. Fixed it now! =)
zaro 9y ago
How about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
- adius 9y ago
  There are several browser extensions available which activate the links. E.g. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnm... Mobile is harder to solve. Haven't found a good solution yet. I guess we'll have to write an extra Textnet browser .
- adius 9y ago
  Also, turns out that https://insomnia.rest https://insomnia.rest is a pretty good client for the Textnet and it automatically enables links!

du_bing 9y ago

Good idea.

mrgoose 9y ago

What about Mathjax/Latex?

adius 9y ago
Works! Just updated the FAQ on how to enable LaTeX rendering. Basically you need to use the browser extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdown-preview-plus/febilkbfcbhebfnokafefeacimjdckgl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdown-preview-p... and open http://textnet.io/readme.md http://textnet.io/readme.md instead of http://textnet.io http://textnet.io.

CamTin 9y ago

I'm all against useless styling, but a web without clickable hyperlinks is not a web at all.

perilunar 9y ago
To be fair, it's the "Internet of Text", not the "Web of Text". But I agree, it's kind of dumb. They could meet all of their 'why's with plain unstyled HTML.
adius 9y ago
There are several browser extensions available which activate the links. E.g. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnm...

lioeters 9y ago

Back to the basics - I like it! Kind of ironic (?) that this feels so fresh and different from most of the web these days. It does inspire me to offer content in raw form like plain text, or at least bare HTML. I wonder, it's probably not realistic to expect non-technical people to install browser extensions that render Markdown automatically. Without it, there are no links possible though..

jjyuytjjjjju 9y ago

> <https://feram.io> https://feram.io>. A service which automatically finds & fixes bugs in code. Yay, text ads

adius 9y ago
Haha, at least they are not flashing around and popping up into the viewport. Someone's gotta keep the lights on, right? ;-)

zafiro17 9y ago

I love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world toward a simpler web is a good thing, no matter how you do it. In the meantime, I like to surf with lynx and links text browsers, which converts the entire rest of the WWW into a text-only experience. (And I'm not alone!)

blabberer 9y ago

Test comment, please ignore