[nfbcs] good linux text mode browser

[Trev Saunders]

Hi,

wel, my main problem is that yasr reads stuff that I have just tabbed
from or moved off making it rather hard to tell what I am currently
on. I haven't had time to set up emacspeak or speakup so I don't know
if they work better.  It may also be that there is some text
highlighting options I should turn off.  That was a problem I had with
vim.

thanks!
Trev

On 4/5/09, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
> 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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