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Author here. As is often misunderstood about this project, it is designed to be run on a remote server and connected to via SSH/MoSH. So it's not really a direc
by tombh 7y ago
Author here. As is often misunderstood about this project, it is designed to be run on a remote server and connected to via SSH/MoSH. So it's not really a direct replacement for those greats such as lynx/links/elinks etc.
There is also a somewhat ironic in-browser version, eg; https://html.brow.sh/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21515032 https://html.brow.sh/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21...
And a demo SSH service `ssh brow.sh -t https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21515032` https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21515032`
Ultimately I would like to completely separate the remote GUI rendering from the local text rendering, essentially realising a cloud-rendering service. The CLI will then truly be lighter than lynx etc and clients could run in normal browsers.
I used elinks for about 6 months whilst I was in Ladakh (Indian Himalayas) but it just can't handle a significant chunk of the modern web. My dream is that everyone is able to access the text of the modern web regardless of bandwidth and pricing.
PS! I'm looking for contract work at the moment.
Also, see previous discussions:
May 2016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11744221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11744221
Jan 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16074096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16074096
July 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17487552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17487552