[GLLUG] uzbl

[Karl Schuttler]

I think you folks are being a little disrespectful of Chick's
thoughtfully poised question regarding efficient, trimmed-down
browsers. Suggesting that he should go out and spend 2980-5000 of his
hard-earned nickels on new hardware to solve a software issue is
ludicrous.

The fact of the matter is, and I think we can all agree, that Chick
isn't interested in the newfangled micro-tops and junkware being
floated on the eMarketPlace. He's tired of the hipsters and their
faceblags, the unnecessary bloated flash intros, and the whole concept
of "multimedia" in general. I mean, what does "multimedia" really
mean, anyways? It's obviously a conspiracy to hold our attention and
distract us so we don't try to access sources of real information,
print media.

I, for one, am with Chick on this matter, and am going to be the first
to post any useful discussion to this thread. I think the
aforementioned browser is far too bloaty to be used on something as
pure as vintage hardware. I recommend you install a copy of netcat,
directly connect to the websites you're interested in over port 80,
and do all your browser in good, old-fashioned, hand-input HTTP.


On 12/13/11, STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote:
> On 12/13/11 14:29, Clay Dowling wrote:
>> On 12/13/11 2:25 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>>> Has anyone tried the uzbl web browser?  (See http://www.uzbl.org/ for
>>> more info.)  If so, how well did you like it?  What problems, if any,
>>> did you find?  Thanks for any information.
>>>
>>> I'm on the hunt for a new, lightweight web browser.  My old stand-by,
>>> Midori, now bogs down on my old laptops.  I could add RAM, but I'm
>>> disinclined to add a component that costs more than the laptop itself
>>> would now.
>> Chick, I think some of the laptops you have are nearly old enough to get
>> a driver's license, and I swear I've seen one old enough to drink at the
>> room party.  Maybe a hardware update is in order?  I picked up a new
>> ASUS eee PC for $250.  It can do cool things like run modern web
>> browsers and office applications.  Not that I don't do my word
>> processing in vi myself, just sayin' that you're probably investing more
>> energy in keeping these dinosaurs running than a new smaller machine
>> would cost.
>>
>> Clay
>>
> Yeah, +1
>
> I'll point out that used ThinkPads are always available in the flood of
> used hardware on Ebay.  I got my daughter a  T42, which was a 1.6GHz
> Pentium M, 1G ram, 80G disk for $149.  The extra kicker was that the
> battery was in good shape!
>
> So by vulturizing on Ebay you can find stuff at good prices...
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
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