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This is great! Just FYI I use Teletext daily! It's great and is still used here in Croatia (we even have a Croatian Radio Television teletext app for iOS and Android!).

If you want to check out the service here it is: https://teletekst.hrt.hr/100-01.HTML

Also, just FYI, browsing the internet using a text browser is awesome! Try Lynx or something similar. Also get such an app for iOS|Android to read stuff! It changes the whole internet experience for the better!

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>Try Lynx or something similar.

- Links (faster), lynx (delays), retawq (needs a little patch, but it flies on a toaster), w3m, elinks.

Also, Gopher, gopher revival is the "new" teletext :D.

EDIT: in a similar vein:

gopher://magical.fish

gopher://mozz.us

gopher://hngopher.com

https://lite.cnn.io

https://text.npr.org

These will show up better in a text browser than in a graphical one. I tried them under retawq/links/lynx and everything it's crystal clear-readable and usable.

Available Desktop Text Browsers

Links: http://links.twibright.com/ (package name Links 2 in Ubuntu)

Lynx: http://lynx.browser.org/

Retawq: http://retawq.sourceforge.net/

W3M: http://w3m.sourceforge.net/

elinks: http://elinks.or.cz/

Gopher Info

Gopher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)

Gopher ArchLinux Info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gopher

Gopher "Teletext server" setup instructions: https://nhaquariumsociety.com/downloadgofish/gofishUbuntu.pd...

> Also, Gopher, gopher revival is the "new" teletext :D.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Gemini yet. (Yes, Gemini is the new Gopher now.)

>(Yes, Gemini is the new Gopher now.)

No, they are complementary. Gopher is useful for old devices with DOS, Minix, a ZX Spectrum... devices like those. Gemini is good for mobile phones as the screen shape varies a lot.

Most people in Gemini should provide their content in both formats. It's just a simple AWK script away with some help of fmt or par.

This is tangentially related - I recently made a terminal client for HN with some fancy rendering effects.

Here is a web demo of HNTerm: https://hnterm.ggerganov.com

That is pretty neat! Tried it on mobile, and it was a bit constrained (likely due to my settings like font size and the like), but will certainly try on a full desktop browser shortly.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the web demo is not suitable for mobile devices - make sure to check it out on a desktop browser or in a terminal.

That's pretty cool! I wish there was a better way of figuring out what the key commands are other than guessing (although tbf it's pretty intuitive).

I've been using haxor-news regularly for a few years now https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news

Pressing 'h' should show all the shortcuts

I am so using this now!

This is awesome! Is there a way to disable the text reveal animations? I am not sure about the intended experience, but on my device they appear quite slow.

Yes - use this link: https://hnterm.ggerganov.com/?r=0

Ah yes, it's great! The HackerNews one needs more ASCII art tho ;)

Here's teletext in Slovenia: https://teletext.rtvslo.si/ There's news (109), weather forecast (160), train (185) and airplane (178) arrivals/departures, TV guides (200), foreign currency exchange rates (310), stock prices (313), gas prices (175), air pollution indexes (167) and so on. Too bad not many people know about it, let alone use it.

Any iOS recommendations? Still know how to use lynx (great for getting around paywalls and getting rid of all the junk).

Violoncello for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/violoncello/id1568931107

Violoncello for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tectrasyst...

Just tested HN, and it doesn’t look good, sadly

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