Good text-only browser?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:25 pm

Can anyone suggest a browser that only displays text, so I could surf websites at a decent speed when my upload is consumed by torrent and stuff? It feels worse than 56K when I sur while downloading.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:26 pm

Someone posted about Lynx a few days ago, search for that.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:27 pm

Thats a DOS browser, innit?

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:29 pm

http://lynx.browser.org/

*NIX, actually, but ported.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:31 pm

In IE: Tools

Internet Options...

Advanced

Multimedia

Uncheck "Show pictures"

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:53 pm

Opera: View

Style

User Mode

Emulate Text Browser.

Or for a nicer look, shift-F11 for the small screen browser.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:04 pm

Any browser > 'Do Not Display Images' option.

..........

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:53 pm

Yeah but that keeps the HTML elements like tables and the image placeholders are typically there.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:04 pm

Yeah, but the tables are just layout and consume almost no bandwidth.

Speaking of bandwidth, it would seem to be a waste of Toxicbug's bandwidth to download the World's Least Popular Browser.

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:22 pm

Lynx? Yeah, people use that.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:00 pm

No,we mean the browser that start with an O and has less than 2% use on the web. YOu know, that POS you swear buy like an ignorant cunt who got drawn in buy their sorry lying excuse for PR.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:39 pm

4g3nt_Smith wrote:No,we mean the browser that start with an O and has less than 2% use on the web. YOu know, that POS you swear buy like an ignorant cunt who got drawn in buy their sorry lying excuse for PR.

wow.

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:40 pm

Indeed. The kid gets all bent out of shape when his freeby piece of shit Linux browser gets crushed and trashed by Opera.

Simply the BEST browser on Earth, the FASTEST browser on the planet: Opera.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:41 pm

And they charge you for it :lol:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:43 pm

i wonder how many people here would want to punch you square in the jaw, given the chance. i'm sure 4gent would be up for it. he has alot of pent up anger within it seems. rawwr.

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:45 pm

Their fatty fat hands would melt into me, like the cheese burger they just root*#//installed//___+'d into their flabby ass. Then I'd crush them with my eyelashes.

Post by **l0g1c** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:51 pm

There's one for linux called "links" that's a shitload better than Lynx. I'll see if I can track down a Winders port.

edit:
Sourceforge page:
http://links.sourceforge.net/

Direct DL for Win32(Beta)
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/network/www ... s-0.83.exe

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:07 pm

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:37 pm

Hate to admit it (especially since Rep mentioned it first) but Opera IS the fastest browser out there.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:40 pm

^misantropia^ wrote:Hate to admit it (especially since Rep mentioned it first) but Opera IS the fastest browser out there.

The difference is negligable at best.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:45 pm

Says some guy with a site no one had ever heard of before, based on tests on an 800 mhx P3 with 256 mb of RAM. Holy shit, lets end it all, those results must ALWAYS be true for everyone!

Hmm, I just noticed he has an entire page devoted to bullshit Opera stuff...

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:51 pm

Shhh, the entire army of open-sourced idiots couldn't disprove any of it under fair circumstances.

Opera wins. You lose.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:54 pm

rep wrote:Shhh, the entire army of open-sourced idiots couldn't disprove any of it under fair circumstances.

Opera wins. You lose.

Opera does suck dude..

Post by **4days** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:12 pm

ie is is bundled with an operating system because these days it's as important to include a browser as it is a text editor. mozilla/firefox is a free open-source alternative that runs on the same operating system. that's why folks talk about and compare the two.

opera does what it's supposed to do, but its £25. that's why folks don't give a fuck about it. who cares if it's marginally faster or supports more tabs?

edit, that links thing needs cygwin?

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:28 pm

i think bobcat is the name of the windows version of lynx.