I my post about gaim-text, Bill commented:
So, what is this fascination with text-based stuff? Efficiency? Dislike of the artistic? Enjoy typing?
That’s an excellent question. I don’t use very many text based apps on a daily basis, I like Pretty as much as the next Enlightenment user, but they can be a lifesaver at times.
Being able to connect to a machine I own from a text based terminal from anywhere in the world essentially gives me access to a full suite of internet applications.
eLinks is a web browser. With that I can look up anything I need to, any time, any place, using MY browser, with MY bookmarks etc. Screenshot here.
Pine I use all the time, simlpy because it’s a great email application. It’s blazing fast, super powerful, and again, I can access it from anywhere.
A text based IM client is what I’ve used in a pinch the most. Naim and CenterICQ are great, but having something familiar like gaim would be great. Here’s a screenshot of that:
So the long and short of it is that I keep them around in an emergency, and the more powerful they are, the more they help my emergency.
I really wish my phone were more text-based.
I run a blackberry, and I like the 240px screen, but it would have more space if it didn’t have those huge icons.
I could see running text-based email/chat/web browsing on my blackberry.
(being able to login into my webserver in text mode would be awesome too)
For some reason, that screenshot reminds me of my pc-write wp program, that I used to have on 2 5.25 Floppies.