Friday February 13 2026

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Discussion

The thing with TUIs is that, using mobile native virtual keyboards, it's apparently quite impossible to make them behave in a sane way in browsers!

I think the only reasonable option seems to be reimplementing one yourself, which is massively stupid.

emilfihlman•about 2 hours ago

The thing with TUIs is that, using mobile native virtual keyboards, it's apparently quite impossible to make them behave in a sane way in browsers!

I think the only reasonable option seems to be reimplementing one yourself, which is massively stupid.

NetOpWibby•about 2 hours ago

Mobile is not for TUI

avaer•about 2 hours ago

If you have a TUI the correct way to support mobile browsers is to 1-shot a React page equivalent. Trying to make the mobile keyboard work for this would be silly.

avaer•about 2 hours ago

If you have a TUI the correct way to support mobile browsers is to 1-shot a React page equivalent. Trying to make the mobile keyboard work for this would be silly.

NetOpWibby•about 2 hours ago

Mobile is not for TUI

bahmboo•about 2 hours ago

More specifically it's an interface designed for a physical keyboard. Or even more specifically it's designed for precise and easy human text input.

emilfihlman•37 minutes ago

Sure it is. I, and millions of others, use it all the time with for example Termux.

emilfihlman•37 minutes ago

Sure it is. I, and millions of others, use it all the time with for example Termux.

bahmboo•about 2 hours ago

More specifically it's an interface designed for a physical keyboard. Or even more specifically it's designed for precise and easy human text input.

verdverm•about 1 hour ago

especially where you typically type with all fingers instead of just your thumbs

verdverm•about 1 hour ago

especially where you typically type with all fingers instead of just your thumbs

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