[nfbcs] good linux text mode browser

[Jim Barbour]

Hey Trev,

I'm not sure what you mean by "haven't had too much success."

I can list the major text mode browsers I'm aware of that run on
LInux.  They all have one serious drawback, which is they don't know
anything about javascript.  So, any website which requires javascript
in your browser to run won't work with them.

lynx: Good text based browser.  It does not handle tables very well,
      and gives up a lot of formatting.  It is very good for shwoing you
      text based sites quickly and efficiently.   I use lynx a lot
      when doing google searches, reading wikipedia articles, and
      rendering html based email messages.

elinks: elinks works in some situations where lynx falls down.  It
        renders tables well, and preserves more formatting than lynx.
        Its downside is that you use the [ and ] keys to pan left and
        right across a web page.  This can be very confusing.

w3m:    w3m is emacs based, and so tends to work well with emacspeak.
        I haven't used it much myself, but I do know people who like
        it and use it as their primary web browser.

Hope this helps...

Jim


On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 10:17:53PM -0400, Trev Saunders wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> well the subject basically says it all, I am looking for a text mode
> browser that works with YASR which is the screen reader I am currently
> using on linux, I am considering setting up X and all that to get
> firefox but would rather not if there was a text browser that worked
> well. I have tried lynx and w3m some but haven't had too much success.
> 
> thanks!
> Trev
> 
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