Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 13:34:27 +0200 From: albi <albi@saynotomicrosoft.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the most light weight X web browser? Message-ID: <20040508133427.1b6315ea@moonshine.eyfa.org> In-Reply-To: <20040508095747.GA4141@ergo.nruns.com> References: <409CA6A0.3010503@realss.com> <20040508095747.GA4141@ergo.nruns.com>
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On Sat, 8 May 2004 11:57:47 +0200 jan.muenther@nruns.com wrote: > > But such a slow notebook what browser do you suggest to use? The > > harddisk don't have much space after the OS is installed, and memory > > is pretty limited. Epiphany comes to my mind, but it depends on > > Mozilla and gtk. If there is an extremely light weighted browser > > that just use Athena (or can be compiled so) it would be better. > > ever had a look at links' graphics mode (-g)? It's blazing fast and > really small - links just against xlib. i fully agree, links (version 2) in graphics mode is without doubt the fastest and most lightweight of all "graphic browsers" it has a few disadvantages though : 1) no copy and paste possible 2) you need to learn how to use the menubar (which is not so obvious) apart from that it's warmly recommended for this purpose :)
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