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How do you feel about MS-DOS inspired UI for a Lemmy Client?

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A open source monospace component library crafted for React interfaces built with variable fonts, React applications, and React websites that prioritize simplicity

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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  • How does Lemmy render in w3m, lynx or links?

    • 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.

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

        • 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.

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