Learn to read the whole thread before posting. I discussed links and said it was better than lynx, in response to "what about links?" about 7 hours before your post.
George Shafferr On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 14:43, Kalevi Nyman wrote: > Try links. You can find it at http://links.sourceforge.net/ > It is a better text only browser than Lynx. I always use it when > searching things on the web. > Fast (even faster with keyboard), reliable and secure! > > /K > --- > > George Shaffer skrev: > > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 21:46, Tim McCormack wrote: > > > >> Chris Willis wrote: > >> > >>> NO browser (cept maybe a text browser in BSD or something) is really > >>> 100% safe on its own. Firefox has lots of vulnerabilities, just like > >>> IE. > >>> > >> . . . > >> I agree about the text browser -- I should really familiarize myself > >> with Lynx. > >> > > > > Continuing now OT thread: > > > > Lynx has its uses, but anyone used to modern browsers is likely to find > > it frustrating. Lynx is not just text only in that it does not display > > graphics but is text based and runs in a text window (terminal). It does > > not recognize tables, and most modern web pages are built in tables, > > allowing the standard page and navigation elements, to be arranged above > > or to the left of the main page content. This means as you read the > > source, these come before the main text content. That is how Lynx > > displays the page (as it is sequentially arranged in the source file) ; > > the main page content is usually between a screenful or more of standard > > items and links and more of this at the bottom. A page as simple as > > Google's home page takes 13 tabs or down arrows to reach the search > > field. Yahoo, on the other hand recognizes it has received a request > > from a text browser, and sends a different page where the search field > > is the first item on the page after "Yahoo". Lynx takes some getting > > used to. > > > > Lynx is not simple. It's default configuration file is 140K, but mostly > > explanatory comments. It has about 135 options. I don't know that you > > can assume it's 100% safe. If you eliminate all active content from your > > current browser, or install an alternate browser (e.g., Netscape, Opera) > > and disable all active content, and severely control cookies, wouldn't > > that do what Lynx is intended to do while still seeing most web pages, > > more or less as intended? > > > > George Shaffer > > > > > > >
