Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: dev:chopping_block
  By: kk4qbn to digital man on Thu Sep 12 2024 18:17:02

 DM>> Add QWK prepack to chopping block list and HTMLterm to graveyard

SlyEdit won't let me quote your message for some reason. (Nightfox, maybe you should try it out and see if there's an issue.)

I vaguely recall discussion of HTMLterm probably 15 years ago. At the time I was interested in it just on general principle because it seemed like a wacky innovation. I didn't really understand what it was meant to be, though; the concept seemed a bit slippery. Today I'd be a lot more skeptical of it. Is it a terminal? A browser? Both? Where is the line drawn? Why not just use a browser?

I have mixed feelings about the flashy features in SyncTERM today too, but at least in those cases there's prior art and justification for them existing in a terminal emulator. And no reason other terminals can't or shouldn't implement them.

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