[BRLTTY] Is there a feature-compatible text-based browser

Kyle kyle at gmx.it
Thu Sep 18 00:03:31 UTC 2025


kperry at blinksoft.com ameandika:
> There has to be a better interface than lynx.


I'm not one to use text-based browsers, usually due to their outdated 
HTML support and keyboard interface inconsistencies. But I must say that 
w3m has a much better interface than does Lynx. The key is that w3m 
already opens any page it sees in much the same way as a text editor, so 
it is very easy to arrow up and down line by line or left and write by 
characters or words, and the tab key also works as expected. I think the 
only thing I would miss is navigation by headers, buttons, fields, etc,  
as I can do with Orca. Other than that though, dumping Firefox or 
Chromium into w3m's interface somehow would be a much nicer solution 
than dumping it into Lynx I think.

~Kyle



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