How do you feel about MS-DOS inspired UI for a Lemmy Client? (www.sacred.computer)
from avieshek@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 11:08
https://lemmy.world/post/23051579

Personally, it would be my favourite even if it were just a RSS feeder app where colours would only pour from media or link embeds but I can’t stop the idea of even having the messenger conform to this style where we replace emojis with Kaomojis even.

If it were me, I would also go as far as hiding a mini snake game as an easter egg ✌︎

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Blaze@feddit.org on 12 Dec 11:25 next collapse

How does Lemmy render in w3m, lynx or links?

cabbage@piefed.social on 12 Dec 13:34 collapse

Not well - at least in Lynx, content doesn't load at all. You basically get the sidebar.

Piefed looks great though. Obviously not the feel of a native terminal app, but seemingly fully functional and everything makes sense.

Blaze@feddit.org on 12 Dec 13:43 collapse

Interesting. I remember seeing a screenshot of someone browsing Lemmy on a terminal, not sure what they were using

andrew_s@piefed.social on 12 Dec 14:10 collapse

Maybe it was Neon Modem Overdrive, or this TUI app.

But, yeah - shell browsers like the ones you mentioned don't support JavaScript, so won't work with Lemmy (as it currently is - it might be different when they start using the leptos-based UI). There's places where they're not great with PieFed either (e.g. link2 -g can't deal with WEBP images), but it's completely theme-able, so a theme could easily be added by someone suitably invested to overwrite the existing HTML and provide a better experience.

Blaze@feddit.org on 12 Dec 14:13 collapse

Ah, that was it!

@avieshek@lemmy.world, check the second link in the comment above!

DosDude@retrolemmy.com on 12 Dec 11:44 next collapse

I would instantly put it as the default for my server

Blaze@feddit.org on 12 Dec 11:46 collapse

Username checks out

hankskyjames777@thebrainbin.org on 12 Dec 13:19 collapse

Bring it to !usernamechecksout

arrakark@10291998.xyz on 12 Dec 11:59 next collapse

Eh, I think there’s a need for appropriate technology here. Lemmy is inherently a multi-modal platform, with images, links, and text. I like the browser skins and apps that browse Lemmy.

As an educational project or simply for fun I say go for it.

Venicon@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 14:00 collapse

Yeah cool idea but for the less tech adept like myself I’d be scared off. Voyager is perfect for me.

avieshek@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 17:08 collapse

I am using Arctic (｡❛◡˂)✧

ByteMe@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 13:34 collapse

I love that app

lost_faith@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 12:05 next collapse

I would feel like I was 8 again hehe. I’d check it out if made

grrgyle@slrpnk.net on 12 Dec 12:07 next collapse

It’s beautiful

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 12:13 next collapse

Would be fun.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org on 12 Dec 14:30 next collapse

I would also go as far as hiding a mini snake game as an easter egg

If you want some code for that I have my own C++ version I made for an ESP32 with OLED screen, it can easily be adapted to most other languages. I did it to get some programming practice. I have Tetris too. All you gotta do is replace the GPIO button inputs with keyboard inputs (or some other boolean on/off user input element) and replace the graphics framework and routines as well (it's only simple stuff like lines, boxes, and setting individual pixels). The whole thing runs in a "neverending" while loop, first checking inputs, then checking collisions, then redrawing any objects that need to move to another position.

I can upload to my GitHub and link them later after work. They do use OOP though, treating each sprite on the board as its own object, and feeding pointers to them into a collision detection routine every game tick. I dunno, some people have a visceral hate for OOP.

hono4kami@pawb.social on 12 Dec 18:04 next collapse

How about hackernews-inspired Lemmy client?

intensely_human@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 19:00 next collapse

If it’s on a computer with a keyboard it would be fine. Not interested in a CLI where the keyboard is a touch screen UI element.

DrDystopia@lemy.lol on 13 Dec 20:08 next collapse

neonmodem.com

yeah

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 13 Dec 21:36 collapse

Beautiful demonstration. I want my whole phone to be like that