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I wish one of these projects would make a browser which only renders text (so texts and links) and no additional support for media (images, videos, audio etc).

I wish one of these projects would make a browser which only renders text (so texts and links) and no additional support for media (images, videos, audio etc). I know there is Lynx but having a non-terminal based browser which could do it would be cool.

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monax 1y ago
For distraction-free reading?
dymk 1y ago
Something like Reader View in safari / firefox?
- saagarjha 1y ago
  Those show media.
tos1 1y ago
Something like Dillo? (You can disable image rendering in Dillo).
revskill 1y ago
Then google will use text to show ads.
- busymom0 1y ago
  Text based ads would be less distracting.
  - jdironman 1y ago
    Not if they're inline and you've read an ad before you realized it. Like a YouTube sponsor segment. lol
    - busymom0 1y ago
      Fair. However, text based ads are also very easy to filter out using some sort of extension no?
      - saagarjha 1y ago
        Yeah, I actually use NordVPN (this comment’s sponsor) for this.
- II2II 1y ago
  Remembering when Google only served text based ads.
- pndy 1y ago
  Isn't Ubuntu doing that for at least 3 years or so in terminal during system update?
Telemakhos 1y ago
You might be interested in Richard Stallman's method of browsing the web: > I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it. [0] I know you wanted something other than lynx, but you could do this with EWW (Emacs web browser or any graphical browser, provided that your proxy wget dropped the images. [0] https://www.stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://www.stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
- stevage 1y ago
  Wow. At a certain level, I'm glad that people so peculiar exist.
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Hashex129542 1y ago
Cool idea!

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monax 1y ago

For distraction-free reading?

dymk 1y ago

Something like Reader View in safari / firefox?

saagarjha 1y ago
Those show media.

tos1 1y ago

Something like Dillo? (You can disable image rendering in Dillo).

revskill 1y ago

Then google will use text to show ads.

busymom0 1y ago
Text based ads would be less distracting.
- jdironman 1y ago
  Not if they're inline and you've read an ad before you realized it. Like a YouTube sponsor segment. lol
  - busymom0 1y ago
    Fair. However, text based ads are also very easy to filter out using some sort of extension no?
    - saagarjha 1y ago
      Yeah, I actually use NordVPN (this comment’s sponsor) for this.
II2II 1y ago
Remembering when Google only served text based ads.
pndy 1y ago
Isn't Ubuntu doing that for at least 3 years or so in terminal during system update?

Telemakhos 1y ago

You might be interested in Richard Stallman's method of browsing the web: > I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it. [0] I know you wanted something other than lynx, but you could do this with EWW (Emacs web browser or any graphical browser, provided that your proxy wget dropped the images. [0] https://www.stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://www.stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

stevage 1y ago
Wow. At a certain level, I'm glad that people so peculiar exist.
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Hashex129542 1y ago

Cool idea!