[GLLUG] uzbl

[Charles Ulrich]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Marshal Newrock <marshal at zordio.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:41:46 -0500
> Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/13/11 4:39 PM, Karl Schuttler wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>> A thoroughly thoughtful suggestion, sir.
>>
>> If, however, you'd like just a sniff of what the cool kids are doing
>> these days, there's always lynx, which is actually a very useful
>> browser.
>>
>> Clay
>
> lynx isn't very useful.  Use links, which can handle mouse clicks, some
> javascript (I think), and if run from console directly and compiled
> against svgalib, can even display graphics.

w3m is really the only browser worth mentioning. It has vi key bindings.

Charles