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I Made This

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Did you make something? Do you want the fleeting rush of endorphins that come with affirmation from strangers? Do you think what you made is neat? Share it here!

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I built a frugal text browser (Narrow32) because I don't want to pay for internet (infosec.pub)
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Hey,

my phone plan (free plan) allows surfing the web for free but with very slow speeds between 32 kbps and 64 kbps. Safari would not load pages and just display website is not reachable due to a timeout. So, I came up with the idea to build a frugal text browser with some nice features that works with my phone plan.

I can disable loading images, media or web fonts. I can set an ad blocking DNS. I can even use LLMs with my slow connection. In settings you can set your own LLM base url and api key. In an emergency situation this is amazing!

I hope other people enjoy it as much as I do. It's completely free.

The app is called Narrow32, search in App Store :)

Btw: The community guided me to !imadethis@lemmy.zip

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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Maybe you'd be interested in the Gemini protocol, a deliberately very simple and basic alternative to the web's HTTP.

[–] q1p_@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is really cool. How can I find more gemini docs?

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you mean the formal spec document and other technical and implementation notes, that's geminiprotocol.net/docs, which is obviously also accessible on Gemini: gemini://geminiprotocol.net/docs/

You'd obviously need a Gemini client like Lagrange or (if you're lazy) a proxy service like portal.mozz.us. You can also find people talking about Gemini using the protocol itself.

[–] q1p_@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you, I was looking for something like portal.mozz.us to check out a few documents :)

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The gemini links on the front page of that portal are good starting points.

[–] q1p_@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I might have a surprise for you in version 1.0.3 (upcoming) :)

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