Joe Groffjoe
Nov 3, 2024, 11:30 PMas far as im concerned really theres only two types of desktop apps: xterm, or firefox. your task is to work out which one of the two your idea fits into
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Jordanjrose@belkadan.comNov 3, 2024, 11:43 PM@joe "apps that want to be GUIs and apps that let you stop using a GUI"
smol doll online0x57e11a@void.lgbtNov 3, 2024, 11:44 PM@joe like how all games are menus or parkour?
xterm? cli menus
firefox? parkour through shitty webapps- Nov 3, 2024, 11:44 PM
@joe@f.duriansoftware.com i think electron devs and cli devs took this too literally
Per Vognsenpervognsen@mastodon.socialNov 3, 2024, 11:45 PM@joe There are two kinds of people: those who run xterm.js as their terminal and those who run Lynx as their browser. Me, I run Lynx within xterm.js.
NeoNachoNeoNacho@mastodon.socialNov 3, 2024, 11:54 PM@joe will I understand xterm if I haven’t used 0-9term
Nov 4, 2024, 12:39 AM@joe Why xterm
Why X11
*cries in utter terror of DRI2/3 & XRender, lack of multihead handling, and X Fonts*
recursive 🏳️🌈recursive@hachyderm.ioNov 4, 2024, 12:48 AM@joe VSCode is kind of right at the intersection of these
d@nny disc@hipsterelectron@circumstances.runNov 4, 2024, 12:54 AM@recursive @joe i remember when we called it atom-shell. atom was the only editor i wrote code for besides emacs. it's a fucking web page! it's what emacs should have been if it was made after the web was standardized! UGH
- smol doll online0x57e11a@void.lgbtNov 4, 2024, 3:36 AM@recursive @joe vscode is firefox disguised as xterm. kinda.
local estrogen slinger40796c19@void.lgbtNov 4, 2024, 5:54 AM@joe "all pokemon moves are just dig" energy
Nov 4, 2024, 6:27 AM@joe please show me on the puppet where this toot hurt you