Comment by zimpenfish
2 days ago
> Why do you need to run the browser on the server?
I often need to authenticate against one of my Fediverse servers (as part of `toot login` for getting access tokens) and it's easier to open Lynx (which toot will do directly) for that on the server than copy+paste to and from a "real" browser.
Most terminals let you just click a link from the terminal to open it in your browser. The convience of an actual browser trumps a text only browser so I think it would end up being the experience most users would prefer.
> Most terminals let you just click a link from the terminal to open it in your browser.
Which involves moving my hands off the keyboard and to the mouse/trackball/trackpad. With the text browser option, I don't have to move my hands anywhere.