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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Text browsers aren't practical for any kind of general purpose
> > web browsing because so many sites are not designed for them.
>
> I use links sometimes for general browsing and it's not
> too bad.  It's much better than lynx.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven

I use lynx 99% of the time, with a choice of downloaders including 
non-graphical and graphical links in case I need to view tables and/or 
inline graphics.  I ssh or telnet to sdf.lonestar.org where I can usually 
browse much faster than at dialup speeds, but then can't use graphical 
links.  Links2 does a little javascript.  Most of the sites I visit don't 
need it.

Lynx does not make you type in the www. and .com, it guesses for you.  Can 
links be set to do that?

I have the delilinux (libc6) svgalib-capable links2.  svgalib which uses 
less RAM than Xvesa or other X, which are required by links2 provided for 
BL (I did and posted the calculations once - it might be 1-2MB difference) 
and works properly in 8-bit color, so would be better for low-ram and 
low-video-ram situations.  Perhaps someone in the list could compile the 
latest links2 for svgalib, otherwise just add libc6 from SW7.1 or 8.1 or 
9.0.  The delilinux version needs libraries libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, as 
well as libvga, libvgagl from the svgalib package. (You don't need most of 
the packages such as *.a *.la libraries and all the executables and 
documentation).

If you have svgalib, links and lynx non-graphical can use zgv instead of 
xli, also with less RAM than Xvesa.

I use a swapfile instead of a swap partition on low-RAM laptops because I 
tend to use up all four available primary partitions.

Sindi