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Date:      Sat, 22 Jan 2005 05:15:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Tom Huppi <thuppi@huppi.com>
To:        Herbert Feutl <herbert.feutl@gmx.at>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Discovered a new browser...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.58.0501220504340.12163@nuumen.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <41F221E9.3090101@gmx.at>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.58.0501220328220.12163@nuumen.pair.com> <41F221E9.3090101@gmx.at>

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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Herbert Feutl wrote:

> dillo is a nice browser, but problems with frames are not acceptable for me.
> so i found a better and faster solution.
> its smaller and faster and if you want, you can browse also in the text modus.
> also nice is, that you do not need a big display, so i can surf really good at 800x480.
>
> install:
> links
> pkg_add -r links
>
> start it with the option g und you have won.
> links -g
> makes links graphically

I just built it and gave it a quick test.  Thanks for the tip.
It's only been recently that I've taken an interest in seeking out
lightweight software.  (The inspiration for me is that I'm
thinking of replacing an old worm-infested win95 OS on a friend of
mine's P-200 32MB system.  He's not computer literate, but all he
does is e-mail and web, and I think maybe I can make it easy
enough for him.)

It does seem, however, that both 'links -g' and 'dillo' handle at
least Google 'groups' frames in the same manner...at least the
versions that I'm running.  As I said, I actually kind of like
this.  It provides more horizontal space for the listings.  Lot of
times frames seem to be mainly a place for people to try to sell
you junk anyway :)  Links also seems to handle tables differently
(or the one at the top of my home page is illegal to it or
something.)

Thanks,

 - Tom



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