<story><title>Woob: Web Outside of Browsers</title><url>https://woob.tech/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ajedi32</author><text>Wow! I actually love the idea of being able to interact with websites via a standard API rather being forced to use web-based UI they provide. It opens up a whole lot of possibles for things like alternate clients, standard UIs for interacting across multiple sites, etc. Also eliminates the possibility of sites engaging in annoying or abusive behavior by putting users in full control of the client rather than the site operator. Obviously it can&amp;#x27;t work for &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; site, but it&amp;#x27;s quite the interesting concept.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>smt88</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;I actually love the idea of being able to interact with websites via a standard API rather being forced to use web-based UI they provide.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a while, people were pitching this as Web 2.0. It&amp;#x27;s also what RSS and podcasts still are.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, most of the websites we visit are revenue-generating and want to control their presentation.</text></comment>
<story><title>Woob: Web Outside of Browsers</title><url>https://woob.tech/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ajedi32</author><text>Wow! I actually love the idea of being able to interact with websites via a standard API rather being forced to use web-based UI they provide. It opens up a whole lot of possibles for things like alternate clients, standard UIs for interacting across multiple sites, etc. Also eliminates the possibility of sites engaging in annoying or abusive behavior by putting users in full control of the client rather than the site operator. Obviously it can&amp;#x27;t work for &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; site, but it&amp;#x27;s quite the interesting concept.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rpastuszak</author><text>In a way you’re describing how browsers should work.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Also eliminates the possibility of sites engaging in annoying or abusive behavior by putting users in full control of the client rather than the site operator. Obviously it can&amp;#x27;t work for every site, but it&amp;#x27;s quite the interesting concept.&lt;p&gt;That’s the job of the User Agent after all, acting on behalf of the user.</text></comment>