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Re: [LUG] Not OT, but apropos of nothing

 

W3m is an obscure text-browser. A but like lynx, but better. Most of
the web these days really requires you to use a full-fledged
browser, with graphics and JavaScript and all that (and that's
probably a good thing),

maybe i am a control-freak, but i want the ability to make an informed
decision before (1) i run a particular javascript program or (2) view
an image file.

regarding (2), text browsers (somewhat ironically) let me pick just
the pictures i want to see.

regarding (1), i am curious why this functionality seems so hard to
come by.

if running a full-fledged web-browser does not enable me to make these
decisions, i am inclined to think it is not such a good thing.

but quite a few pages still work when only displaying text.

those that do not, they frequently appear to be broken for reasons
contrary to my interests.  (like spying on me, obfuscating the
location of files, etc.)

And it's damn fast.

yes.

-wes

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