On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:06:43PM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote:
>
> * Mate Nagy <mn...@port70.net> [2009-10-07 10:35]:
> > > > sounds fine. Maybe with a keybinding and adding numbers to the link
> > > > like vimperator does.
> > > >
> > > Lynx-cur has also the numbering link feature as an option and doesn't use
> > > javascript for that as vimperator does.
> > the best thing about vimperator though (which makes it usable as
> > opposed to everything else with this approach) that you don't have to
> > type in the number; you can just type a few characters of the link text,
> > and it'll filter the suitable link candidates with each character
> > interactively. It'll also renumber the candidates in each step, so the
> > usual process is to type a few characters of the link then type in a
> > final 1 digit number to choose, or just press enter on the default
> > selection.
> >
> > The point is that typing a few characters of a link is faster than
> > typing a few numbers, because there's one less brain-processing step
> > involved - you don't actually have to read the number. This has a
> > perceptible time overhead.
>
> I usually start lynx with -nonumbers. So, a comparable approach is to type
> `/` , then part of the link, then couple of times `n` and/or `N` until I
> come to the desired item (last step optionally and usually not) and press
> Enter. AKA (forward) search. :o)
>
> Couple of keystrokes more, but does the job.
>
> What I really miss from vimperator is the ability to change matching
> strategies [1]. Then I'll be perfectly happy.
>
> [1] for non-(or non-ex-)vimperator users: besides the default
> behaviour, called `contains`, there are different strategies for matching
> the typed text against the available links, e.g. `wordstartswith`
> considering the typed search string as a concatenation of begins_with
> substrings of the words of the link text. Example: `clhiysmo` matches
> `click here if you suck more'
>
> cheers
> --
> stanio_
>
>
You might be right for brain processing, but until now with numbers,
I haven't seen a web page which requested more than 3 keystrokes to follow
a link.
I'll try your method and do brain benchmarks.
