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Old 04-19-2011, 08:53 AM   #1
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elinks vs lynx browsers

Hi

I wonder what are the differences between elinks and lynx ?
What is best to use ?

thx for help.
 
Old 04-19-2011, 09:14 AM   #2
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"best" is in the eye of the beholder.

This page talks briefly about why there are more than one links browser.
http://http://elinks.or.cz/history.html

Sometimes you find one things works well for one purpose but another for a different purpose.

I've used lynx, elinks, wget and curl all for different reasons over time.
 
Old 04-19-2011, 04:51 PM   #3
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Browser features are compared at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...owser_features ... cheers, makyo
 
  


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