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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% Those poor boomers. They grew up watching ads on every cable television channel and now they watch ads on every YouTube video.
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I never did figure out if any of the GUI clients [1] are still actively developed and I'd appreciate if anyone who knows about this could point me towards a good client.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z39.50
[1] Some software listed here: http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/resources/software.html
Wow! I actually love the idea of being able to interact with websites via a standard API rather being forced to use web-based UI they provide. It opens up a whole lot of possibles for things like alternate clients, standard UIs for interacting across multiple sites, etc. Also eliminates the possibility of sites engaging in annoying or abusive behavior by putting users in full control of the client rather than the sit…
I've had two ideas related to this in the past that I've always wanted to prototype: - A social media website without a frontend. We just provide a fully exposed API and Oauth, and devs can create their own client to interact with the social network. This would give devs the freedom to create their own experiences without locking users into one specific way of using the social network. - "Cloud" content hosting as a…
It has fallen out of fashion tho.
This is clever and fantastic. I have been pondering a similar concept recently and I think I would like to contribute. I'm curious as to why LGPL-3 was chosen as the license, though, not that the license is a show stopper.
Interesting 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.
Wow! I actually love the idea of being able to interact with websites via a standard API rather being forced to use web-based UI they provide. It opens up a whole lot of possibles for things like alternate clients, standard UIs for interacting across multiple sites, etc. Also eliminates the possibility of sites engaging in annoying or abusive behavior by putting users in full control of the client rather than the sit…
I've had two ideas related to this in the past that I've always wanted to prototype: - A social media website without a frontend. We just provide a fully exposed API and Oauth, and devs can create their own client to interact with the social network. This would give devs the freedom to create their own experiences without locking users into one specific way of using the social network. - "Cloud" content hosting as a…