>"Many browsers today are gigantic resource hogs, which are basically VMs for various web applications..." Other code can run inside of a browser VM as well, i

>"Many browsers today are gigantic resource hogs, which are basically VMs for various web applications..." Other code can run inside of a browser VM as well, including but not limited to: malware, spyware, surveillance capitalism apps, tracking, and other privacy-violating code/apps, and with unpatched flaws and zero-days, privilege escalation/bypass-the-browser-to-run-directly-on-your-OS-code can run, which can be inception points for worms, viruses, and all other manner of unwanted software... >"On the other hand, Links is a HTML browser." Thank God someone understands the dangers of modern-day browser VM's! >"Links is a graphics and text mode web browser, released under GPL. Links is a free software. • Links runs on Linux, BSD, UNIX in general, OS/2, Cygwin under Windows, AtheOS, BeOS, FreeMint. • Links runs in graphics mode (mouse required) on X Window System (UNX, Cygwin), SVGAlib, Linux Framebuffer, OS/2 PMShell, AtheOS GUI • Links runs in text mode (mouse optional) on UNX console, ssh/telnet virtual terminal, vt100 terminal, xterm, and virtually any other text terminal. Mouse is supported for GPM, xterm, and OS/2. Links supports colors on terminal. • Easy and quick user control via pull-down menu in both text and graphics mode, in 25 languages. • HTML 4.0 support (without CSS) • HTTP 1.1 support • Tables, frames in both graphics and text mode, builtin image display in graphics mode • Builtin image display for GIF, JPEG, PNG, XBM, TIFF in graphics mode • Anti-advertisement animation filter in animated GIFs • Bookmarks • Background file downloads • Automatic reconnection in case of TCP connection breakdown • Keepalive connections • Background (asynchronous) DNS lookup • Possibility to hook up external programs for all MIME types, possibility to choose one of more programs at every opening. • 48-bit high-quality image gamma correction, resampling and Floyd-Steinberg dithering in all color depths. • Font resampling (antialiasing) for virtually unlimited pitch range, LCD optimization of fonts and images." • Builtin fonts in the executable without reliance on any fonts installed in the system • User-adjustable menu, HTML font size and image zoom factor. • User-adjustable display gammas (red, green, blue), viewing-condition correction gamma and precise calibration of both monitor and Links on a calibration pattern • Automatic aspect ratio correction for modes like 640x200, 640x400, 320x200 with user-adjustable manual aspect ratio correction. • Support for one-wheel mice (vertical scroll), two-wheel mice (vertical and horizontal scroll) and smooth scrolling by grabbing the plane with a mouse (no wheel needed). • Easy installation, the browser is just one executable and no more files. My comments: Thank you for writing Links!!!