Topic: Would you like to access Bitcointalk though a console? (Read 521 times)

I tried, but couldn't get elinks to log in. Even if I use the Captcha bypass URL, it complains about a Captcha, and when I copy the cookies from LoyceBot, elinks wipes them.

I sometimes try ro read using w3m in mobile (i dont know if this is the same console you refetring to),

but just like


didnt know, still dont know, how to login xd

heres a ss:



whos reply #2 btw?

sorry as a beginner like I'm comfortable using a browser. the atmosphere of the forum is more pronounced when viewed and done on the website directly.
I have experience as a novelist on a site. and once offered to write on the android app version of the novel site. I also tried it and I was not comfortable because it felt like something was missing. whether it's because I'm used to the web or indeed I feel the features feel limited maybe because the layout is becoming more different and made simpler. well because it is made simpler that makes the atmosphere less. the effect is less. so I decided to keep writing on his live website. I think it will not be much different with this forum. but I don't know because I haven't tried. maybe my view will change if i try. but to those who have tried, please state what are the advantages of using the console that you feel and the disadvantages?
 
maybe i'll try it sometime


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Personally speaking, I prefer the bitcointalk's interface and the way how you could post and quote. Accessing the forum in console would mean lesser graphics to look upon which could bring strain to the eye for some users who prefer to see variations. I'm not really fond of text-based, I'm more into the overall appeal of the website. If we're going to transition to console which is more on characters than visual appearance, visual members of forum would have a hard time adjusting.

Perhaps a mobile version of bitcointalk would be much better like other members are saying. It was a long time already we've been using this kind of interface which is built in with html way of posting and quoting. It would be nicer if there would be an app wherein we can access all the time. That way, we could easily open it without having to search the internet.

In addition, it would be more visually appealing to the eyes if we'll have an app that would cater a much more variation such as images and color that could be combined altogether for a better version of this forum.

I didn't have to be drunk to think that

Nice! I didn't even know such a thing existed on bitcointalk as I completely forgot that SMF had WAP support.

I also use my mobile phone mostly for just reading stuff when i am out somewhere and not at home , or when i get a notification from the bot.
Guess that a mobile App will be catch and getting more Users attracted for using it and to visit Bitcointalk not everybody in the World has an PC or laptop.
But yeah i think also that Cyrus maybe would love it more to code something for a console as making a mobile App .

It is already possible to access bitcointalk via automation. There are a few people that take actions via automation.

Mostly people will write their own code to access the forum via automation. I don’t see a lot of benefit to accessing the forum via the command line or via the terminal, but I think there is a benefit for there to be a library that will allow someone to easily interact with the forum via automation.

Well, I'll be damned. I didn't think about this last time out. I'll out of country relatively soonish, and will be resorting to this at least for reading, obviously with the posting limitations, a console might still have some use here. Although, thanks for reminding me of the ;wap version of the forum.

For me again it would have limited uses since I only use the mobile phone to read when out, and about don't ever log in on it, although this is the one that would gain the most support. Although, I imagine for Cyrus, it doesn't satisfy the inner nerd as much as a console.

I would probably use it for a week to feel like some kind of action movie hollywood hacker who hacked into a secret internet money forum. But, at the end of the day, I don't want to have to run a VM everytime because what kind of hacker uses windows?

Have you tried feeding it your browser cookie? That's what works on wget to login (I need it to see Trust scores).

Nice, two-tree years ago I had a bit of a fun playing Dunnet* on my Linux machine (no gui, only server version) got stuck on one place and decided to check the forum, I had elinks installed and manage to browse around. Couldn't log in tho, but it's OK to read threads.

It won't be the most useful feature, but for sure it's gonna be a funny one


* for those who like cyberpunk adventures in text format run this in a terminal

I would give a try once or twice, but probably that's all. This stuff just isn't for me. I'm trying to imagine that console browser is far from most convenient ways to use forums. And also, visual part is important for me.
Even when travelling, it doesn't looks like good alternative. If I would have very slow intenet connection or very limited data abroad, I probably rather would use WAP version of Bitcointalk.

I'm not even drunk now and I also first thought about gaming console

I mean the Idea for maybe making something like this happend for the Linux harcore users is good !
But my personal opinion is that there will be not much that will be using this service and 95% of the Users will use there Browser or Smartphone.
I sharing also the idea from Pmalek that it would be more useful for getting or have an official mobile app for Bitcointalk as in a lot of Countries its the most used device.

As much as I like a CLI, I wouldn't use it to read Bitcointalk (or any other website). I've only used console browsers for troubleshooting ("how do I get that broken X server back up?") when I had no other option.

But LoyceBot would love it! I still can't post messages from my bot. I can think of so many cool things to do!
And for scraping, an API would be much better than "manually" searching through HTML (which is what I do now).

I highly suspect it'll be a gimmick or have very limited uses, such as the travelling example given above. So, excitement is likely to be quite high, and therefore users will be trying it the first few hours, but it's a rather acquired taste I'd say, and it'll quickly become tedious for a lot that have never tried a text based browser before.

For uses, it has limits. Although, it does definitely satisfy the geek in a lot of us.

It's interesting how only senior members have replied so far and nobody has written they don't like the idea or are against it.
I wouldn't use a console to access Bitcointalk. I want my experience to preserve at least some visual appeal.

I would rather see an official mobile app since people have been complaining about that for years. I don't need it personally, but it would be nice to have one. Maybe a new group of users would be attracted or we could keep some who are here from leaving.

i would definitely give a console version a shot, i grew up on text only BBSs. it was surprisingly readable with proper color use and formatting, even with nested quotes.

robocomm and robomail FTW

Sincerely speaking, I am not all that of a tech savvy person but I definitely would love to try this out provided there is  a guide clear and thorough and easy for newbies to understand and easily follow.
Am a kind of person who loves learning new things, it's one of the  best ways I pass my time, it did be amazing to experience what accessing and posting on bitcointalk from a place other than a web browser would feel like.

Also, as a side note. As long as it looks like the terminals from the Fallout series .

In all seriousness, to be a bit more specific on my earlier post, I probably would only find the need when travelling. Other than that, I think I've become a little too reliant on certain modifications I've made to use it as a daily thing.

Depends on how it would be implemented. For example, text browsers without Javascript literally remove natively the issue of malicious attacks through Javascript. Same as specific attacks with media, and depending how hardened you want to make the console, you could even prevent phishing attempts, via non obscuring links with the url bbcode. The thing is with modern browsers while pretty well updated, and reasonably secure, they tend to offer a lot of customisation, which is where you tend to deviate from the original browser, and start introducing vulnerabilities. Plus, I think most browsers are made for convenience, by default don't come with the optimal settings. Although, modern browsers are also suspect to attacks, it's why things like turning off Javascript or using an extension like No Script is recommended. Text based browsers can also be set to reject cookies, so might even be better for the privacy conscious.

I'm not exactly sure how the Twitter terminal works, since I haven't got Twitter. However, I imagine its a fairly basic API, that doesn't allow you to connect outside of Twitter, and conveys information back, and forth. Which due to its limited nature could be considered more secure than a browser that is used for everything.

So, in short as with anything depends on how it's implemented.