On 6/18/2015 11:17 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > Keep in mind that I'm not very savvy about networking, so this is just > links (no pun intended!) to various things! > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: >> I installed Arachne on the current rig (Pentium 150, 64MB) and found >> that Google search returns a blank page, and DuckDuckGo produces some sort >> of loop. >> I found a post or two on Vogons.org noting the same. > I don't know. Presumably Google is just pushing (too) hard these days > for everything to be HTTPS/SSL + Javascript and similar (which Arachne > doesn't support, IIRC). Heck, even YouTube and Gmail (partially) whine > about Iceweasel 22.0, which (AFAIK) is barely two years old. > >> Ready to settle for the speed and stability of text mode, I turned next >> to Lynx, but I couldn't seem to get a good download of Lynx 2.8.7. > I've not tried it, but iBiblio has this: > > 1). http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/net/lynx/2.8.7/ > > There's also a newer 2.8.8 build by Juan for DJGPP (under > /beta/v2tk/), but it sounds very complicated to setup, so I never > bothered. > > 2). https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.msdos.djgpp/flY264GkHV8 > >> So I tried Dillo, which is graphical. Though it thrashes the hard drive >> a fair amount, it did work in a quick checkout. This was v3.02b from >> http://nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos.googlecode.com/files/DILLODOS-302b.zip, >> written by Georg Potthast. > It's also available here: > > 3). > http://sourceforge.net/projects/fltk-dos/files/Applications/Binary%20versions%20of%20FLTK%20applications/ > > You could also try D+ (which evolved from Dillo-Win32, which I think > was loosely based upon Georg's work as well): > > 4). http://sourceforge.net/projects/dplus-browser/files/Releases/dplus-0.5b/ > >> Perhaps someone here will have more to say on the topic of web browsers. > One of the better choices these days would be Links2: > > 5). http://links.twibright.com/ > 6). http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/net/links/ > 7). http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=14199 > > IIRC, the "lite" .EXE lacks both HTTPS/SSL and graphical support, > unlike the full version.
The Ibiblio Lynx is just another mirror of the source, not a ready-to-go binary. At a glance, I didn't see anything to indicate how D+ is differentiated from or better than the latest Dillo, so I didn't try it. I did try Links2. In just a quick test, it seemed to be a functional text mode browser. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
