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Browse the web like reading email? What is the name of that app?

57 points by Kerbonut 5y ago

At one point I found a GUI application with backend automation libraries (python I think). Basically you view webpages like email. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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0x445442 5y ago
The only UI I know like this are traditional RSS readers. it sounds interesting though.
deanebarker 5y ago
Yeah, I think you want a dedicated RSS client.
- Kerbonut 5y ago
  The thing about this one it would work on any regular site including banks. I thought the backend was using python libraries written for the project where you could make a bank automation to do transactions and such. Also had modules for managing AWS account. Wish I could think of the project.
maxloh 5y ago
It may be just Chrome's reader mode
- Kerbonut 5y ago
  It was a standalone app that looked very much like an email client with a listbox on the left and contents of the page on the right.
  - jmrm 5y ago
    Microsoft Edge can set tabs like that, if that helps you in any way. Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave might also have those kind of customizations.
erikschoster 5y ago
Was it this? My coworker sent me this last week, I haven't tried it but it seems related: https://woob.tech https://woob.tech
- Kerbonut 5y ago
  We have a winner! Thank you so much!
  - OJFord 5y ago
    Is it too late for you to edit the submission? Might be better/more relevant now you know! Does look interesting, but no point submitting separately.
    - jessaustin 5y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734
fsflover 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
- capableweb 5y ago
  Long time ago the majority of email-users only viewed the cleartext version of emails :)
flippyhead 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734
ajot 5y ago
There's also the Stallman way: get a server to download the webpage and send it to your mail, then open it in Lynx or Icecat. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

57 points by Kerbonut 5y ago

At one point I found a GUI application with backend automation libraries (python I think). Basically you view webpages like email. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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0x445442 5y ago

The only UI I know like this are traditional RSS readers. it sounds interesting though.

deanebarker 5y ago

Yeah, I think you want a dedicated RSS client.

Kerbonut 5y ago
The thing about this one it would work on any regular site including banks. I thought the backend was using python libraries written for the project where you could make a bank automation to do transactions and such. Also had modules for managing AWS account. Wish I could think of the project.

maxloh 5y ago

It may be just Chrome's reader mode

Kerbonut 5y ago
It was a standalone app that looked very much like an email client with a listbox on the left and contents of the page on the right.
- jmrm 5y ago
  Microsoft Edge can set tabs like that, if that helps you in any way. Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave might also have those kind of customizations.

erikschoster 5y ago

Was it this? My coworker sent me this last week, I haven't tried it but it seems related: https://woob.tech https://woob.tech

Kerbonut 5y ago
We have a winner! Thank you so much!
- OJFord 5y ago
  Is it too late for you to edit the submission? Might be better/more relevant now you know! Does look interesting, but no point submitting separately.
  - jessaustin 5y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734

fsflover 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)

capableweb 5y ago
Long time ago the majority of email-users only viewed the cleartext version of emails :)

flippyhead 5y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935734

ajot 5y ago

There's also the Stallman way: get a server to download the webpage and send it to your mail, then open it in Lynx or Icecat. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html