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Originally posted by darin3200 I typically use mozilla but I'm trying to do more with the cli.
Right now I am using lynx. Its different, well comapared to what
I'm used to. Very fast though without loading all of
the images.
Not to pick nits (got in trouble with that at another site) but if you're using lynx, you're using the console, but not the CLI. But surfing on the command line's kinda hard.
Lynx is pretty good, and I might even like 'links' better, but I just want to reiterate my newfound love for w3m. You should try it out if you want to do a lot of surfing from the console. I've been online all day and having a blast. w3m has tables, colors - the visited links change colors - it has GPM support - I mean, LQ looks *right* and loads *fast* and navigating is amazingly easy.
And filling in text boxes like this is a blast - it spawns the editor of your choice and you post using *that*. I went with mcedit because my only other choices in Vector are elvis and nano, I think.
I love getting cool new toys.
-edit - speaking of editor-of-my-choice, I'm still not sure what's going on regarding word wrap vs. no word wrap. Let's try it off this time.
Most times I use Netscape 7, but on some sites I switch to Opera since opera identifies itself as IE, for those sites deemed that they should be MS only. Oh well, you find your way around these hurdels.
As I mentioned before, I had been a fairly early Netscape advocate, at least until Netscape 4.7, then as the Mozilla and Netscape projects floundered for a while, I tried many other browsers, but kept an eye on both Mozilla and Netscape developments.
When Netscape 7.0 PR 1 came along, I adopted Netscape 7 once again as my primary, every day browser, but I've kept my eyes on other browsers.
I'm really happy with what I've seen with Konqueror in KDE 3.1, with recent improvements to the stable Mozilla, the nice advancements of the test Mozilla releases, and now the building on components for Email and browsing that can be made out of core Mozilla technology. I've also kept other tools handy for various tasks. I often use Dillo when I just want to render a local page very quickly; I use Lynx or Links when I want to access only text documents or I want to process commands through a shell (such as installing packages directly from a Web page.
I like the variety I have and the choices that I can make. I'm excited about the possibilities of using either Mozilla or Netscape, and also the possibilities of using lighter, Gecko based browsers, such as Phoenix/Mozilla Firebird. I haven't had any success with the new Thunderbird Email client yet, but I've got my eyes on that, too.
Anyway, I think we have a lot of really good choices available, and they're getting better and more usable all the time.
I'll probably stick with some kind of Mozilla based browser for every day use, but I use many others. Oh yeah, didn't say much about Opera, I use that every now and then, too, and it comes in handy.
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