Small Web Browser?

Leo J Mauler webgiant at juno.com
Sun Nov 23 12:03:36 CST 2003


On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 05:37:55 -0600 (CST) Duane Attaway
<dattaway at dattaway.org> writes:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Leo J Mauler wrote:
> 
> > Well, it seems like I'm getting X to work with the generic VESA 
> driver.
> > 
> > New question: whats the smallest web browser anyone has found 
> which can
> > still do fairly current HTML standards plus Javascript?
> 
> I would like to introduce you to Links.  It will work with your 
> hardware to give you the best experience possible.  Yes, it will 
> run javascript, with or without X, mouse, or intuitively through 
> the keypad, FAST on small hardware like my P120 and 32MB 
> of RAM, do animated gifs, bookmarks, frames, popup blocker, 
> antialiased fonts...  Everything you asked for.  
> And more!

Links works in the GUI?  Huh.  And to think I thought it was just a Lynx
replacement.

> This is the web browser that doesn't crash, is not slow, always 
> renders troublesome pages, and is the best hidden secret of the 
> internet over the years.  Did I mention it is FAST?
> 
> Don't believe me?  If the screenshots don't convince you, try 
> running it:
> 
> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links/features.html
> 
> And Links has some good competition:
> 
> http://elinks.or.cz/about.html
> 
> This is proof that full featured software can run fast with a full 
> feature set on hardware others deem absolutely useless junk. 
> Software bloat should be considered a crime.

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