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I think the intent is that, there is no web UI for the product itself. The UI for product itself is a terminal program, accessed via either SSH, or a web based

I think the intent is that, there is no web UI for the product itself. The UI for product itself is a terminal program, accessed via either SSH, or a web based terminal client. The product UI has zero HTML/CSS/etc.

gojomo 8y ago
The website https://ui.baxx.dev https://ui.baxx.dev is, in fact, serving HTML, CSS, and JS. I get the point, but the "without a website" claim is kind of a cutesy attention-grabbing prevarication. I'm usually pretty tolerant of those, but personally find that here it mixes poorly with the idea of a backup service. From such a service, I'd prefer to see total honesty, and a sort of buttoned-down, almost military humorlessness/seriousness.
- kiallmacinnes 8y ago
  You're of course right, that page is serving HTML/CSS/JS - but that's kinda nitpicking. It roughly akin to me saying "my Golang on Linux program is 100% C code free - no C is used in the execution of my code!" .. well, clearly that statement would be false. However, it's perfectly legitimate to say my project is C code free - and that's what this project is saying. It's saying the project is web-tech free. There just happens to be an off-the-shelf execution environment which uses web-tech.
  - gojomo 8y ago
    Perhaps if you don't mind fuzzy hand-wavy claims that are as likely to mislead as inform, they could say "our project's source code includes no 'web-tech'. But that's not the headline. The headline was instead that it's a service "without a website". But there is absolutely, positively, no-nitpicking-involved an HTTPS-accessible website for the service, set up by the service's own creators.
- zulgan 8y ago
  I setup shellinabox for https://ui.baxx.dev https://ui.baxx.dev just because some of my friends dont have access to ssh from work and I wanted to show it to them

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I think the intent is that, there is no web UI for the product itself. The UI for product itself is a terminal program, accessed via either SSH, or a web based

by kiallmacinnes 8y ago

gojomo 8y ago
The website https://ui.baxx.dev https://ui.baxx.dev is, in fact, serving HTML, CSS, and JS. I get the point, but the "without a website" claim is kind of a cutesy attention-grabbing prevarication. I'm usually pretty tolerant of those, but personally find that here it mixes poorly with the idea of a backup service. From such a service, I'd prefer to see total honesty, and a sort of buttoned-down, almost military humorlessness/seriousness.
- kiallmacinnes 8y ago
  You're of course right, that page is serving HTML/CSS/JS - but that's kinda nitpicking. It roughly akin to me saying "my Golang on Linux program is 100% C code free - no C is used in the execution of my code!" .. well, clearly that statement would be false. However, it's perfectly legitimate to say my project is C code free - and that's what this project is saying. It's saying the project is web-tech free. There just happens to be an off-the-shelf execution environment which uses web-tech.
  - gojomo 8y ago
    Perhaps if you don't mind fuzzy hand-wavy claims that are as likely to mislead as inform, they could say "our project's source code includes no 'web-tech'. But that's not the headline. The headline was instead that it's a service "without a website". But there is absolutely, positively, no-nitpicking-involved an HTTPS-accessible website for the service, set up by the service's own creators.
- zulgan 8y ago
  I setup shellinabox for https://ui.baxx.dev https://ui.baxx.dev just because some of my friends dont have access to ssh from work and I wanted to show it to them