[BRLTTY] Firelynx v0.2.0

[Mike Gorse]

Hi Nicolas,

I just tried installing it from git on openSUSE Tumbleweed. I needed to 
install selenium, so I ran
sudo zypper in python3-selenium

And that seemed to be enough to get it installed. The install.sh script 
ran successfully, but, when I tried to run it, I got an error: "no module 
named bs4"

I figured out that I also needed beautifulsoup installed, so I ran
sudo zypper in python3-beautifulsoup4

And now I seem to have a usable firelynx. I tried using facebook and 
haven't been able to log in; I get a message saying that I need to 
authenticate the login and look for a notification on my phone, but I 
don't get the notification on my phone. I don't know if this is related to 
Firelynx; I don't necessarily expect a tool like this to work for 
everything, although I might use it when I can. Thanks for writing it, 
anyway!

-Mike

On Sun, 14 Jun 2026, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> [ I keep posting here, as this seems of interest only to BRLTTY users. ]
>
> Firelynx v0.2.0 is out. This release is about the dynamic,
> JavaScript-heavy pages that used to be dead ends in a text browser:
>
> - JavaScript dialogs and on-page buttons now become plain links and
>  forms you can activate.
> - Infinite-scroll feeds are collected into a normal page with a "Load
>  more posts" link.
> - Logins and form submission are more reliable.
>
> Facebook now works to a moderate degree: login and basic navigation are
> usable and you get some content. Its heavily obfuscated news feed is
> still mostly out of reach (a wall a screen reader hits too), so do not
> expect the full feed yet. Far better results on other sites are likely
> too with this version.
>
> Still alpha, still Linux only, and plain lynx is still better for
> everyday browsing. To update an existing clone:
>
>    cd firelynx && git pull && ./install.sh
>
> Fresh install and details: https://github.com/npitre/firelynx
>
>
> Nicolas
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