I've been wanting to prototype the idea of an HTML-based terminal. Basically take the graphical user interface of the web and connect it to the system administration capabilities of the Unix command line. I'd probably draw inspiration from PowerShell: have programs produce some kind of data structure as output that can be rendered into HTML and displayed using stylesheets.
It would not be a trivial amount of work to build this since, to take good advantage of the UI capabilities, you'd need an entire new CLI OS - something to replace GNU Core Utilities. I haven't been sure where to start since the choice of programming language or expression language will significantly affect the overall experience.
It would not be a trivial amount of work to build this since, to take good advantage of the UI capabilities, you'd need an entire new CLI OS - something to replace GNU Core Utilities. I haven't been sure where to start since the choice of programming language or expression language will significantly affect the overall experience.