[re_nortex]

Lynx and/or Links may not be everyone's cup of tea since they are character-based. But there are numerous factors that favor either or both:

• You get the source code, allowing you to inspect or fully customize it.
• Free Republic is free of needless eye-candy, JavaScript, Flash and such. Since content rules on FR, a text-only browser is well suited for this site.
• Speed! Since HTML is rendered in pure text form on your terminal, they are incredibly fast. For dialup or slow DSL, either one will make browsing enjoyable again.
• No mouse is needed. Efficient keybindings allow ease of navigation with your fingers never leaving your hand! :)
• Pre-built binaries are available if you choose not to build from source.
• One keystroke allows you to see the page source and the OS/httpd server providing the content.

When I'm on a slow terminal working remotely, this command allows me to efficiently and enjoyably browse the world's premiere Conservative site:

lynx http://www.freerepublic.com

And with that aforementioned single keystroke, a '=' in the case of Lynx, one can see useful information such as this:

File that you are currently viewing
   Linkname: Latest Articles
        URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index
    Charset: iso-8859-1
     Server: nginx/1.2.4
       Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:27:39 GMT
   Owner(s): None
       size: 514 lines
       mode: forms mode
Link that you currently have selected
   Linkname: Search Free Republic
        URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search

[Scooter100]

why would I want to quit the Mozilla suite of services?

[re_nortex]

Courtesy ping to both, particularly to loyal FReeper "This Just In". As far as a Debian-based Linux distribution is concerned, this simple command at the shell prompt can be used to install them both in one shot, if not already present:

sudo apt-get install lynx links

If you're using a Red Hat-descended system, this will work:

sudo yum install lynx links

If Windows is your platform, well, good luck. :)

[tired&retired]

Virtually all of Firefox’s revenue comes from Google!

[publius911]

I notice Windows XP and Windows 7 are not on the list of compatible OS’s.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

None of that makes a lick of sense to those of us who aren’t techies. I’m looking for an alternative, but you’ll have to lay it out a bit simpler for many of us to understand how those choices compare and work next to Firefox.

[ShadowAce]

I use Lynx in a bash script to check/update my ping list.

[Pajamajan]

Bookmark

[Mycroft Holmes]

Thanks for that backward link to Lynx. Easily worth the ten amused minutes spent.

Fight the Free Sh☭t Nation

[zeestephen]

Internet Explorer works fine for those of us who do not aspire to be computer geeks.

I’ve been using Windows and Internet Explorer since 1998.

Perhaps I’ve been lucky to just use Windows 98, XP, and Windows 7.

But they worked fine.

They have always worked fine.

As a completely average computer user, I have never understood the pathological hatred so many people have for Microsoft products.

[TexasGator]

“navigation with your fingers never leaving your hand! “

I use windows. My fingers never leave my hand!

[familyop]

You can see images and better formatting with links 2.

[familyop]

AKA links2.

[familyop]

There might be a package for it in the repository for your OS. Looks like the homepage for it is here.

http://links.twibright.com/

[familyop]

There are also netsurf, midori, arora and hv3. I’ll try those out now.

[9YearLurker]

I had already ditched Firefox on my Windows laptops, where I’ve gone back to Chrome, but I’ve been using it on my Android phone.

It would be nice to use the same browser on both, with a free password app, such as Password Box, available on both of them.

[buridan]

Here’s a link to a Windows version of Dillo:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dplus-browser/files/Releases/dplus-0.5b/