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Can it be made not to show WebGL, embedded video, and so forth? I enjoy a very serene internet using w3m set to monochrome, with mouse and images turned off.

Can it be made not to show WebGL, embedded video, and so forth? I enjoy a very serene internet using w3m set to monochrome, with mouse and images turned off. Every now and then it's necessary to use a graphical browser, and it's the sensory equivalent of being woken up by a toddler at 5:30 on Christmas morning.

bovermyer 8y ago
What you call "serene," I would call "austere." That's not meant as a denigration, mind you: I'm very curious as to your viewpoint here. What do you enjoy about such an experience?
- chaoticmass 8y ago
  I use elinks-- I like it for reading. I like how all the text is displayed the same, in a fixed width font I'm used to looking at. There's nothing to distract me or get in the way.
  - some_account 8y ago
    But.... You are missing all the ads! Without those, nobody buys anything and companies go bankrupt. Hopefully you make up for your behavior by consuming more than average and watching Fox News.
- flukus 8y ago
  > What do you enjoy about such an experience? The major benefit is that I don't enjoy an "experience", I just read the content and leave. So much of the modern web is built specifically to prevent that.
- sevensor 8y ago
  I find the ordinary internet terribly overstimulating. It's a constant din of people screaming for my attention. Even relatively sober sites often have distracting designs that make it hard to focus on the content. Text mode is calming, it cuts straight through the clutter. In text mode, authors have to distinguish themselves by saying something interesting, and it's a lot easier to decide whether that's the case when they have nothing but words with which to make their arguments.
tombh 8y ago
Yes. Just press `ALT+m` to toggle monochrome mode.
saagarjha 8y ago
No offense, but why don’t you just continue to use w3m?
- sevensor 8y ago
  None taken, and I daresay I will. But just as a Chrome user might be open to trying Firefox, I'm open to trying other text mode browsers.

bovermyer 8y ago

What you call "serene," I would call "austere." That's not meant as a denigration, mind you: I'm very curious as to your viewpoint here. What do you enjoy about such an experience?

chaoticmass 8y ago
I use elinks-- I like it for reading. I like how all the text is displayed the same, in a fixed width font I'm used to looking at. There's nothing to distract me or get in the way.
- some_account 8y ago
  But.... You are missing all the ads! Without those, nobody buys anything and companies go bankrupt. Hopefully you make up for your behavior by consuming more than average and watching Fox News.
flukus 8y ago
> What do you enjoy about such an experience? The major benefit is that I don't enjoy an "experience", I just read the content and leave. So much of the modern web is built specifically to prevent that.
sevensor 8y ago
I find the ordinary internet terribly overstimulating. It's a constant din of people screaming for my attention. Even relatively sober sites often have distracting designs that make it hard to focus on the content. Text mode is calming, it cuts straight through the clutter. In text mode, authors have to distinguish themselves by saying something interesting, and it's a lot easier to decide whether that's the case when they have nothing but words with which to make their arguments.

tombh 8y ago

Yes. Just press `ALT+m` to toggle monochrome mode.

saagarjha 8y ago

No offense, but why don’t you just continue to use w3m?

sevensor 8y ago
None taken, and I daresay I will. But just as a Chrome user might be open to trying Firefox, I'm open to trying other text mode browsers.