For html email I much prefer lynx to w3m though - I don't know why, but it just seems easier to read those in lynx.
]]>You're wrong Ranger has no optional deps. But you can certainly use the image viewing functionality of w3m with ranger. But then again, you can use really anything with image viewing functionality with ranger.
ranger has a special case for w3mimgdisplay to embed a real image preview instead of asciiart. in the rightmost column, that qualifies as optional dependency.
]]>Now that I think about it, I do use a console browser for something. I use w3m with mutt so that when I get html mail, I can (hopefully) still view it in text mode.
]]>By usable. I primarily mean these 2 things :
a) google searching "f@!king archlinux broke my X again !!!!!!!"
swiftly followed by
b) archlinux.org/forum posting of "I broke my X. Arch is wonderful. PEBKAC."
I use w3m almost exclusively for both of these things. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe w3m is also an optional dependency for image previewing in ranger, so it's a nice two-for-one deal.
]]>a) google searching "f@!king archlinux broke my X again !!!!!!!"
swiftly followed by
b) archlinux.org/forum posting of "I broke my X. Arch is wonderful. PEBKAC."
]]>elinks + a mouse is very usable
w3m works well for me. So does "xlinks -g"
"usable" all depends on what you want to do.
]]>sudo systemctl enable gpm.service
ps don't forget that elinks is a tabbed browser with a hidden menu bar at the top of the screen, bonus...with a mouse you also get a right-click menu
]]>That said, I found out pretty quickly I loved Lynx far more than the other two combined. My reasoning behind this decision is simple: Lynx has sane defaults, uses colour by default and is fairly easy to navigate. Frankly, given the choice, I'd choose Lynx then elinks with links trailing in third. elinks is useable but I found the key shortcuts not quite as inutitive nor easy to figure out (IE i got stuck looking for a "help" keyboard shortcut on links).
HTH
MS
What text browsers do you use? What problems do you encounter when you browse the web through a console browser?
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