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> I'm really waiting for the TUI web browser. That would let me live completely in the terminal. You can already do this, since the 90s: Lynx[1] and w3m[2] hav
by littlestymaar 1y ago
> I'm really waiting for the TUI web browser. That would let me live completely in the terminal.
You can already do this, since the 90s: Lynx[1] and w3m[2] have both existed for more than three decades at this point.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m
- jasonjayr 1y agoELinks is the TUI browser I've used since .... forever. https://github.com/rkd77/elinks https://github.com/rkd77/elinks
- xvilka 1y agoSomething like ELinks could be created by writing a simple TUI on top of the Servo engine. Then it would be able to handle even complex Web pages full of JavaScript which is a huge chunk of the modern Internet.
- godelski 1y agoI'm sorry, did you even read my comment? I mentioned those by name... >> I know there's some browsers but things like W3M, Lynx, or *links* are... rough...
- ororoo 1y agoI believe they wants text browser written specifically in rust, and does not want to touch any software written in filth like c/c++.
- littlestymaar 1y agoToo bad Rust compiles with LLVM (C++) and the stdlib links to glibc (C) then. I sincerely hope it isn't the reason though, I'm a huge rust fan myself (10years of coding with it already) and I think rust is definitely the future, but that doesn't mean all previous open source foundations should be thrown away.