Who knows if it can be funded. Note this has been done in the past like I said we had one of these for years on the mobile manager. The mobile manager just ran Linux Open embedded. Recently I even made two test versions using different automation sweets and chromium back end for chrom. It would use Python as a front end, and it would be configurable. The test version I made worked on the BTSpeak, my Linux box and my windows 10 at the powershell prompt. So, I am sure this is something that can be done. It sounds like Nickolas already has a start on a firefox one, but I am not a fan of the Lynx interface. I would do it more ncurses based which would make it portable and easy to configure. I would love to help with Nickolas's work though, so I am not knocking that either. I think we need choices. I also think we need a design document. There has to be a better interface than lynx.
Ken -----Original Message----- From: BRLTTY <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 3:46 PM To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Is there a feature-compatible text-based browser Hello Ken. I have been thinking about this very idea for a long time. In fact, it occurred to me that it might be possible to bolt lynx onto the front of a graphical back end browser. Basically, a proxy that lynx talks to over a local network link which is actually a straight html rendering engine for the backend graphical browser. I think T.V. Ramen of Google does this for himself inside Google. I started this work some years ago, but was discouraged from continuing before I got very far with the observation that it would be too hard to maintain a separate browser from the mainstream. Having said that, I think the idea is still very relevant since, as it's turned out, screen readers have pretty much had to implement a separate user interface for the browsers they support. When I say separate, I'm talking relative to the visual interface most sighted users use when operating a browser. the way I use a browser versus the way my sighted partner uses a browser is so different we might as well be using different programs even though we're both using Chrome. Is this a project you think could get funded? I'd love to work on it and make it a reality. -thanks -Brian _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
