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ELinks mentions (6)

• MacLynx beta 4: now with scrollbars and dialogue boxes

  Thanks for mentioning elinks (http://elinks.or.cz/). I was about ¾ of the way through that article and thinking "as an academic exercise, sure. otherwise this just looks like 'its been done a thousand times before... But not by me.'" which was leading me to share the page for elinks. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• SW etc needed.

  Some text browser like elinks or a converter like pandoc. Hopefully you have Linux. :). Source: over 1 year ago

• The what?

  Time to audit firefox code, compile it manually, application firewalls, full content inspections to avoid any private data leaking. Get stressed and move to elinks. Source: about 2 years ago

• /etc/elinks.conf can't display images

  ELinks is a text browser (unmaintained since 2012) and according to your description the setting appears to be working just as described in the fine manual, i. e. The browser always displays the text "IMG" and not the filename, title, or alternate text when rendering tags. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Knowledgebase tools

  Tiddlywiki is a wiki in a single file (ie it updates the file itself) - if you can make that work with a text mode browser such as elinks (http://elinks.or.cz/) then that could be a direction worth exploring. Source: almost 3 years ago

Lynx.invisible-island.net mentions (22)

• How would you work effectively with an extremely slow 56Kbps connection?

  Lynx is a modern browser albeit different that what most people use. Source: 5 months ago

• CIA 2010 covert communication websites

  Nothing like finding a webpage you can read from Lynx. IDK about the pictures though https://lynx.invisible-island.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Ask HN: HTML Only Browser?

  There is a huge selection of HTML only web-browsers, especially in free and open source software. It starts with the text-based ones, like lynx [1] or dillo [2] (if you need a GUI). Of course you can always disable any scripting support in Firefox, which gives you a HTML/CSS only experience. Perhaps you mean editors that offer something like a "class browser". Then you can go with Kate [3], or any of the... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• How Do The Blind Use The Internet With Assistive Technology?

  Lynx- is one of the most reputable text-based browsers used by blind people. Its ability to read text aloud, voiceover options, and Braille support make it one of the most popular voiceover and assistive technology software solutions of this kind. Source: about 1 year ago

• Thinkpad and Linux with only Terminal access to Internet as a lifestyle laptop - Have anyone this setup?

  Lynx is a good option, however, it does not support JavaScript. Source: about 1 year ago