Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe forgotten ones?

Re:Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe fo... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @05:18AM (#40295920)

It's not keyboard shortcuts, it's pure keyboard input; an important distinction to make, as with modern GUI interfaces, keyboard input is often an afterthought.

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Re:Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe fo... by russellendicott on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @06:23AM (#40296317)

I fully agree. I made a TUI client/server framework loosely modeled around the concepts of CSS/HTML. One of my core design decisions was keyboard only input.

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Re:Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe fo... by zigzag312 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @06:03AM (#40296200)

I agree. I wish there was a common way to toggle keyboard navigation hints in GUIs. Like F1 is often help, F2 rename etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe fo... by eviks on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @04:27PM (#40302446)

Just like TUIs can accept mouse input, GUIs can be operated without one.

The only difference is that TUIs are worse at displaying... text (and graphics)

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