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MBCooktoday at 1:19 AM2 repliesview on HN

They’re not terminal UIs.

They’re attempts at pretending to have Windows (etc.) GUIs in a terminal.

Same stuff people made for DOS when Windows wasn’t common or good enough yet.

I’m not surprised they’re a disaster. Or built without understanding the abilities of the terminal they’re running on.


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sethaurustoday at 1:38 AM

If you don't want people calling these apps TUIs, what would you prefer people call them? And what does the term TUI refer to, if not this?

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kordlessagaintoday at 2:14 AM

A shell is the environmental manager, the terminal is the display device, and the window is the container. Add in tabs, web panes and sticky notes + make it all agentic, you get Hyperia: https://hyperia.nuts.services