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by gnosis 4747 days ago
I am also in favor of having applications closely integrated, but just not inside the browser (which is a completely awful, broken, weak, and insecure evironment) but inside emacs.

I'm still using Newsbeuter right now, which is a separate app, and it does take me a context switch to go from it to w3m running in emacs when I want to view an article.

However, I'm in the process of transitioning to having an email client integrated in to emacs. That, along with rss2email should give me complete integration as far as web browsing and rss reading go, since w3m (my web browser) is already integrated in to emacs.

As for youtube, I am more than happy to sacrifice integration to avoid using its crappy web interface. Also, I prefer downloading youtube videos so I can archive them for future viewing (which is important, as way too many videos disappear from youtube after a while).

I don't use Twitter, and hope I never have to. So that's not an issue for me. I do use IRC, for which there are emacs clients, and I may transition to using those in the future.
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MatthewPhillips 4747 days ago
We get it, you really like emacs. It's ok that products exist that are not for your needs/wants.
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gnosis 4747 days ago
My comments here are 100% from my own perspective. I don't pretend to speak for anyone else. I hope that is ok with you.
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MatthewPhillips 4747 days ago
Sure, it's just kind of weird to comment on an article about a web app when you don't use web apps. I don't own an iPhone but I wouldn't comment on an iPhone app and say how much I dislike it for being an iPhone app...
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gnosis 4747 days ago
I do use RSS clients, however. Serverless RSS clients, even.

I think it's perfectly legitimate to for me to comment on why this particular serverless RSS client does not fit my needs and what I believe better alternatives are and why.

Anyone with similar needs or who may not have considered or been aware of the alternatives might benefit from my comments, and someone who has experience with other software that might better suit my needs might mention in return, which would be of benefit to me and others with similar needs or concerns.

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