From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 3 6:49:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu (hawkins.cba.uni.edu [134.161.248.148]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BEC15193 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 06:49:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu) Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by hawkins.cba.uni.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident hawk using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:48:04 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 (debian) To: wincent Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: web browser alternatives to n-scape In-Reply-To: Message from wincent of "Fri, 03 Dec 1999 17:04:48 +1030." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:48:01 -0600 From: "Richard E. Hawkins" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The server almost never gets touched, it just sits there serving. It doesn't > even have X installed. So, on those rare occasions when I do need to browse > something from the server (or from a telnet window connected to the server), > then Lynx is the way to go. > And it is very fast. Aside from frames, javascript, and java being almost as evil as blinking . . . :) Lynx can also hash through some of those criminal navigationmaps that want to load a 5 meg image of something stupid for you to click at. If netscape doesn't load the image, you can't go on. Lynx simply shows you the links. The only reason I use netscaperather than lynx most ofthe timeis that when I'm reading a newssite (or almost any other), I spawn windows to read them. Once I have a half an hour to dink around with the config files for lynx to make the . command on an html launch an xterm with lynx running on it, I'm going to have *very*little use for netscape. Also, lynx has much better cookie handling--Yes/no/never/always. Finally, unless you're displaying graphical information, if your site doesn't display properly on lynx, it's just plain broken. So there. :) -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu (319) 266-7114 http://eyry.econ.iastate.edu/hawk These opinions will not be those of UNI until it pays my retainer. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message