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Hv3 -- tiny browser written in Tcl/Tk: https://lwn.net/Articles/311823/ https://lwn.net/Articles/311823/ Chimera -- from 1995: http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net
by marttt 5y ago
Hv3 -- tiny browser written in Tcl/Tk: https://lwn.net/Articles/311823/ https://lwn.net/Articles/311823/
Chimera -- from 1995: http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/chimera-www http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/chimera-www
There's also an euphoric thread on Arch Linux forums around it: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56814 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56814
In the command line world, there are also retawq and netrik. A fun comparison of these and other text browsers by kmandla: https://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/a-comparison-of-text-based-browsers/ https://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/a-comparison-of-tex...
Also, an even more spartan solution offered by him in that post would be:
curl kmandla.wordpress.com | dehtml -p -s | less
Line Mode Browser by Tim Berners-Lee and others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser
And a really fascinating project is Edbrowse, a line-mode browser-and-beyond, originally written for blind users: http://edbrowse.org/ http://edbrowse.org/
Oh, and I just came across WebbIE, Windows only, updated in 2018, "lets you browse web pages, search the web, fill in forms, do ecommerce, and use online email, all in a highly-usable text-only display that works with any screenreader.": https://www.webbie.org.uk/webbrowser/index.htm https://www.webbie.org.uk/webbrowser/index.htm
The last one seems really cool.