Lynx and/or Links may not be everyone's cup of tea since they are
character-based. But there are numerous factors that favor either or both:
- You get the source code, allowing you to inspect or fully customize it.
- Free Republic is free of needless eye-candy, JavaScript, Flash and such. Since content rules on FR, a text-only browser is well suited for this site.
- Speed! Since HTML is rendered in pure text form on your terminal, they are incredibly fast. For dialup or slow DSL, either one will make browsing enjoyable again.
- No mouse is needed. Efficient keybindings allow ease of navigation with your fingers never leaving your hand! :)
- Pre-built binaries are available if you choose not to build from source.
- One keystroke allows you to see the page source and the OS/httpd server providing the content.
When I'm on a slow terminal working remotely, this command allows me to efficiently and enjoyably browse the world's premiere Conservative site:
lynx http://www.freerepublic.com
And with that aforementioned single keystroke, a '=' in the case of Lynx, one can see useful information such as this:
File that you are currently viewing
Linkname: Latest Articles
URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index
Charset: iso-8859-1
Server: nginx/1.2.4
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:27:39 GMT
Owner(s): None
size: 514 lines
mode: forms mode
Link that you currently have selected
Linkname: Search Free Republic
URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search
1 posted on
04/05/2014 1:36:00 PM PDT by
re_nortex
To: re_nortex
why would I want to quit the Mozilla suite of services?
To: This Just In; ShadowAce
Courtesy ping to both, particularly to loyal FReeper "This Just In". As far as a Debian-based Linux distribution is concerned, this simple command at the shell prompt can be used to install them both in one shot, if not already present:
sudo apt-get install lynx links
If you're using a Red Hat-descended system, this will work:
sudo yum install lynx links
If Windows is your platform, well, good luck. :)
3 posted on
04/05/2014 1:43:14 PM PDT by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: re_nortex
Virtually all of Firefox’s revenue comes from Google!
To: re_nortex
I notice Windows XP and Windows 7 are not on the list of compatible OS’s.
6 posted on
04/05/2014 1:52:11 PM PDT by
publius911
( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
To: re_nortex
None of that makes a lick of sense to those of us who aren’t techies. I’m looking for an alternative, but you’ll have to lay it out a bit simpler for many of us to understand how those choices compare and work next to Firefox.
To: re_nortex; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...
I use Lynx in a bash script to check/update my ping list.
10 posted on
04/05/2014 2:12:48 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: re_nortex
13 posted on
04/05/2014 2:17:02 PM PDT by
Pajamajan
(Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: re_nortex
Thanks for that backward link to Lynx. Easily worth the ten amused minutes spent.
Fight the Free Sh☭t Nation
16 posted on
04/05/2014 2:21:47 PM PDT by
Mycroft Holmes
(<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
To: re_nortex
Internet Explorer works fine for those of us who do not aspire to be computer geeks.
I’ve been using Windows and Internet Explorer since 1998.
Perhaps I’ve been lucky to just use Windows 98, XP, and Windows 7.
But they worked fine.
They have always worked fine.
As a completely average computer user, I have never understood the pathological hatred so many people have for Microsoft products.
To: re_nortex
“navigation with your fingers never leaving your hand! “
I use windows. My fingers never leave my hand!
To: re_nortex
You can see images and better formatting with links 2.
26 posted on
04/05/2014 3:09:21 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: re_nortex
27 posted on
04/05/2014 3:11:12 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: re_nortex
28 posted on
04/05/2014 3:18:35 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: re_nortex
There are also netsurf, midori, arora and hv3. I’ll try those out now.
31 posted on
04/05/2014 3:45:44 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: re_nortex
I had already ditched Firefox on my Windows laptops, where I’ve gone back to Chrome, but I’ve been using it on my Android phone.
It would be nice to use the same browser on both, with a free password app, such as Password Box, available on both of them.
To: re_nortex
38 posted on
04/07/2014 7:00:20 AM PDT by
buridan
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