Are there no reasonably sized javascript libraries that can be loaded as an in browser nntp client?
In-browser javascript can’t open TCP connections, so it can’t talk to real NNTP servers. It can only use websockets, aka tcp-over-http.
If you also happen to be running an HTTP server, you can use a websocket-to-tcp bridge like websockify.
Why exactly do you want an in-browser nntp client?
A number of comments expressed that getting people to install nntp clients was probably a non-starter. A browser client is all you’re going to get.
A javascript client seemed like a solution to that.
It is a non-starter, but there are ways to get the equivalent of a client in a web browser without using javascript to do it.
So what’s the best solution you have for the problem?
In-browser javascript can’t open TCP connections, so it can’t talk to real NNTP servers. It can only use websockets, aka tcp-over-http.
If you also happen to be running an HTTP server, you can use a websocket-to-tcp bridge like websockify.
Why exactly do you want an in-browser nntp client?
A number of comments expressed that getting people to install nntp clients was probably a non-starter. A browser client is all you’re going to get.
A javascript client seemed like a solution to that.
It is a non-starter, but there are ways to get the equivalent of a client in a web browser without using javascript to do it.
So what’s the best solution you have for the problem?