Woob: Web Outside of Browsers
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Woob: Web Outside of Browsers
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#2Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the module's names and logos (which are authentic MS Paint piece of work).
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#3Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the module's names and logos (which are authentic MS Paint piece of work).
My first guess was this had something to do with legal nonsense, and I guess I was right:
> If provided, icons are preferred to be parodic or humorous in nature for legal reasons, however there are no restrictions on the quality or style of humor.
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#4Small discussion earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29935634
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#5Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the module's names and logos (which are authentic MS Paint piece of work).
My first guess was this had something to do with legal nonsense, and I guess I was right: > If provided, icons are preferred to be parodic or humorous in nature for legal reasons, however there are no restrictions on the quality or style of humor. https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Yes, but I think they are, also, just for making fun of some brands.
Because, also a fun fact : this project changed its name recently, it was called Weboob before: https://weboob.org
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#6This is.... bizarre. And I like it?
At first I thought this was like an API to integrate web content into your own apps. But now it looks more like Groupware, in the sense that Woob is actually your user interface and there are just modules to consume content from random websites.
It goes back to the old idea where you would have one dedicated desktop application for each thing you wanted to do on the internet, like read news, send mail, listen to music, view a calendar... turning your computer into a utilitarian appliance. Rather than a portal for businesses to spend a lot of time and money building their own dedicated user interfaces to lock you in. The latter has made life more difficult, where we have to constantly learn every business's new interface, there's always competition between missing features, and the dedicated UI (or platform) becomes a way for the business to squeeze more out of the user.
And there are no ads. I just realized there's an entire generation who have never seen technology without advertisements. I wonder what they'd make of this.
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#7France just can't shake the Minitel, that's for sure.
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#8Interesting to see Woob here. Most of the modules are for french environment (banks, dating websites, job boards ...). I always liked the irreverence of the module's names and logos (which are authentic MS Paint piece of work).
Unless my brain isn't parsing it right, that dating icon is both funny and NSFW.
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#9This has Bloomberg terminal / minitel vibes. I think there's definitely a space for an alternative browser that can render guis with visually consistent widgets.
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#10This is.... bizarre. And I like it? At first I thought this was like an API to integrate web content into your own apps. But now it looks more like Groupware, in the sense that Woob is actually your user interface and there are just modules to consume content from random websites. It goes back to the old idea where you would have one dedicated desktop application for each thing you wanted to do on the internet, like…
Re: that last part. We’re probably thinking of different generations, but I agree. Demographics from a random unreliable source:
Age vs ad blocker usage (female, male)
16-24 43.2%, 49.2%
25-34 43.0%, 47.6%
35-44 38.4%, 44.8%
45-54 33.5%, 39.1%
55-65 32.1%, 37.3%