From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 5 18:33:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6801065672 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8248FC15 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:33:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id n55IXTV4023153 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:33:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id n55IXSEK023152 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:33:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:33:28 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090605183328.GC19113@saltmine.radix.net> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <20090605174621.GC87456@kokopelli.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090605174621.GC87456@kokopelli.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Subject: Re: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:33:30 -0000 On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:46:21AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > The links browser's interface is crap, as is that of every other text > console based browser I've ever encountered. Moving around within a > page and selecting a link are two tasks for which text console based > browsers have not provided an even halfway decent interface. It seems as > though Web browsers provide a rare case of an application type that is > specifically suited primarily for a mouse-driven interface. lynx, (e)links(2) and w3m all support a mouse... -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net