Web Browsing from the CLI
In my latest attempt to do as much as possible from the CLI, I am now browsing the forums and posting this thread totally from the CLI using Lynx.
I must say though, the experience is totally different from any GUI web browser.
This is so sweet. While it may take a while to become familiar and comfortable with, it's still soooo sweet!!
Now to try an read my e-mails from the CLI.

for mail you can try alpine, i am very comfortable with that

It's in the Squeeze repos so I'll give it a shot later. Thanks.

or mutt is nice too

Can I use mutt or alpine for browsing online mail such as Yahoo mail.

Can I set up these to receive mail directly from Yahoo Mail or are these only for mail on the local network?

Thanks.

mutt is for local maildir or mailfiles only as far as I know

Mutt works with Yahoo mail and Gmail.

Mutt with Gmail/IMAP [OK?] [CrunchBang Linux Wiki] : http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howt...ith_gmail_imap

Great, I actually never thought of using it with imap

Alpine. I have been using it for ten years. It will do gmail. Probably Yahoo too but I haven't tried. Shouldn't be hard to find out. Alpine has so many features it can be intimidating but once you have some experience you begin to see the many advantages. For one you can download only the headers without having to download the whole email so it's faster to delete emails you don't want right off the server. Also even though it is text based you can save any type attachment for perusal later. This way you don't click on an attachment that's malicious. Another plus is speed. I don't care how fast your computer is Alpine is always going to be faster. And far less resource intensive. Now, Alpine is not for everybody. But if what you want is email for which it was first developed I don't see how Alpine can be beat. You can write small bash scripts to open web links in either a CLI or X. You can send and recieve gpg encrypted emails or gpg signed emails. Postpone emails you started. And the list goes on. CLI or X.
You said you were using Lynx. Have you tried Elinks? It is a text browser that can do javascript. There are many CLI programs in which you might be interested. How about viewing images from CLI? You can if the framebuffer is enabled. Have fun. To me there's just something special about knowing I have the choice of using totally CLI if I so desire.

Unfortunately, other stuff is keeping me away from my PC so I have not really sat down and looked at lynx, mutt or alpine thoroughly. I was wondering about viewing images and even video clips from the CLI. Sometime ago I tried setting up the fb to show a background image on the console but was unsuccessful.

Hopefully, I will get some time in the next week or so to really start fiddling with this. I will certainly have a look at some of the apps you mentioned.

While some may think it's going backwards, I find it very intriguing to be able to do so much from the CLI.

I share your sentiment about being able to do as much as possible from CLI. One big advantage is if X fails to start you can use the CLI to get it fixed. That's one reason why I always start Linux to the CLI. Then when I want the GUI I just run "xinit" with the appropriate configuration set in ~/.xinitrc. It is by no means going backwards. Every time I run into trouble in X I instinctively go to a CLI. To me most of the time it's the only way to fix something. Keep us informed of your progress.

little sidenote question with lynx, is it possible to do URL blocking? example is to block sites like doubleclick and other malware loaded sites?

links2 -g will show images.

I can't say but if you study your lynx.conf file it's full of information on how to configure all sorts of things like that.