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Any Lynx(text based browser) lover-user?

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Gothi[c]:
hehe, wait till Gothic sees this post

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Saw it :)
(making this post with lynx, btw)
Even though links,links2, and elinks have features like better table rendering and limited css support, i find that more sites work correctly with lynx. Lynx has some features that it's clones still lack.
That said, there is still lots of room for improvement. I dream of a text-based browser that can render all pages well and supports websites that use retarded(sorry, i mean modern) technologies. But no text-based browser has that as a design goal. Neither of all the mentioned projects aim to ever be a >full< browser that can support everything. Which is a shame really, but understandable. It would take immense amounts of work, and there's very little interest. That said, sites can be awesome to use when they are designed with lynx in mind. I wish dc had a lynx version :) It would probably be useful for users of mobile devices too.

Gothi[c]:
This thread in lynx: http://www.linkerror.com/stuff/gkrellShoot_09-21-08_040537.jpg
This thread in elinks: http://www.linkerror.com/stuff/gkrellShoot_09-21-08_040629.jpg
This thread in links2: http://www.linkerror.com/stuff/gkrellShoot_09-21-08_040829.jpg

I still like the lynx version better because it doesn't try to put that column on the left, which really eats up a lot of space in a terminal.I much prefer the way lynx just renders everything full-width.

Note that I couldn't even log into the forum and post with links2.

cranioscopical:
Note that I couldn't even log into the forum and post with links2.-Gothi[c] (September 21, 2008, 03:11 AM)
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So, the Gothi[c]-links2 blocker does work then!   :)

zridling:
There's certainly beauty in minimalism. Any app that does not get in your way is your friend.

kartal:
I tried links too. I like lynx better so far because it has this coloring that helps to seperate text while reading.

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