Nov 10, 2018, 10:01 PM

@derp said in What's out there now and what has been attempted? A codebase discussion.:

False. Many of the people in this hobby use SSH because...

Evidence? MUSHers are not the average consumer/gamer, which is who I was referring to. The average person has never even heard of SSH let alone are in the habit of downloading PuTTY to try to circumvent network firewalls at work.

CLIs have a place in the tech world. There are usability and automation rationales for including them, though even many IT folks are shifting away from them in favor of other tools. I agree with the Wired article that CLIs are not going away any time soon, but even that article points out (emphasis mine):

Though the average computer user has no need for a command line, it's still an essential tool for developers and system adminstrators who require access to guts of our machines

If you're marketing a game system solely to computer admins, developers and veteran MUSHers - sure, by all means, stay with CLI. But that's not really what this thread is about.

@tinuviel said in What's out there now and what has been attempted? A codebase discussion.:

Do we need a long-term plan?

Depends on the "we". The average MUSHer, certainly not. But for folks like me, the Evennia team, and @Kumakun who are investing in design for the next generation of platforms - I should hope so.