Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

jquast wrote: post #4

Warwolt wrote: post #3

A couple of screenshots would be nice

The author of edbrowse is visually impaired, and so is the target audience. This is like saying braille books could use more illustrations. Please read the very first hyperlink to learn more, http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html

True. I still want screenshots though!

>This program was originally written for blind users, but many sighted users have taken advantage of the unique scripting capabilities of this program

Not sure a Braille book is a suitable metaphor here. A Braille book that is readable by people who don't know Braille, and also (to some degree) markets itself to sighted people?

Re: Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

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Post by earthboundkid » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 5:14 PM UTC

andai wrote: post #5

jquast wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author of edbrowse is visually impaired, and so is the target audience. This is like saying braille books could use more illustrations. Please read the very first hyperlink to learn more, http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html

True. I still want screenshots though! >This program was originally written for blind users, but many sighted users have taken advantage of the unique scripting capabilities of this program Not sure a Braille book is a suitable metaphor here. A Braille book that is readable by people who don't know Braille, and also (to some degree) markets itself to sighted people?

Boy, it must be hard when you want someone to take a minor step to make it easier for you to understand or use some software, but your values aren't shared by the community of software makers, so they don't do it.

Re: Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

Warwolt wrote: post #3

A couple of screenshots would be nice

Perhaps a typescript, rather?

Re: Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

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Post by jquast » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

andai wrote: post #5

jquast wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author of edbrowse is visually impaired, and so is the target audience. This is like saying braille books could use more illustrations. Please read the very first hyperlink to learn more, http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html

True. I still want screenshots though! >This program was originally written for blind users, but many sighted users have taken advantage of the unique scripting capabilities of this program Not sure a Braille book is a suitable metaphor here. A Braille book that is readable by people who don't know Braille, and also (to some degree) markets itself to sighted people?

I stand by my metaphor. It’s a command-line interface, a picture of text is only reducing its accessibility.

To complain about the visually impaired not doing enough to make the content more accessible for the visually gifted. I’m just too upset to respond to this kind of discussion. This is my last HN discussion, you’re right, blind people should take screenshots of their programs, enjoy your contrarian community

Re: Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

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Post by DiggyJohnson » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

jquast wrote: post #8

andai wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. I still want screenshots though! >This program was originally written for blind users, but many sighted users have taken advantage of the unique scripting capabilities of this program Not sure a Braille book is a suitable metaphor here. A Braille book that is readable by people who don't know Braille, and also (to some degree) markets itself to sighted people?

I stand by my metaphor. It’s a command-line interface, a picture of text is only reducing its accessibility. To complain about the visually impaired not doing enough to make the content more accessible for the visually gifted. I’m just too upset to respond to this kind of discussion. This is my last HN discussion, you’re right, blind people should take screenshots of their programs, enjoy your contrarian community

I don't think this disagreement is worth being so upset about. Be well my friend.

Re: Edbrowse, a Command Line Editor Browser

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Post by tspivey » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

I've been using this for around 20 years. It works well for browsing both the web and local files, though JavaScript makes it less useful now.

I have plugins to browse a lot of file types; an epub will open as an HTML file and let me read it in the same way I would anything else. Browsing directories is fast, and I can jump between edbrowse and the shell easily.