A few days ago the Felix iOS app's push server finally went dark, so I decided I needed to really accelerate my computing hobby. There's no way I'll ever be able to produce as polished an app as Felix was, but I have urges which have lain dormant for 30 years. Or are they itches?
The time was right to install a command line client for App.net on my venerable Lappy486. Maybe an odd choice for a first step given the above? I've attempted to rationalise it by guessing the command line gets me closer to the action than a swipe or a tap - may help me understand an app's 'mechanics' more.
As far as I know there are 2 clients available:
- Ayadn by ADN's @ericd - at http://www.ayadn-app.net/
- Texapp by ADN's @doctorlinguist (Floodgap Software) - at http://www.floodgap.com/software/texapp/ - incidentally the maintainer of the very excellent TenFourFox browser for older Macs - at http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
I make the decision to install Ayadn because it looks the prettiest, the installation ins