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Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled

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On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:28:21 +0100
Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:

> On 2014-07-02, Peter James <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote:
> > Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> I'll repeat my earlier suggestion of dwb  ;))
> > Forgive my ignorance, but dwb?
> >
> > Pete
> 
> <http://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/>
> 


I had another look at it.  It's basically a Webkit engine in a GTK
frame.  I'm not knocking it, and haven't yet tried it (I do plan to,
though) but at first glance it seems like I'd just as easily use
Konqueror, which is Webkit in a QT frame.  Without getting into widget
toolkit preferences, what are the advantages?  Looks like it has quite
a few keyboard shortcuts, which is good.    Also looks like there's a
nascent plug-in community, which is also good.

I get the feeling the original poster was hoping for a more javascript
friendly console browser (like links, lynx, elinks, or w3m).

There's Dillo, too - that's lightweight, but it barfs on anything even
remotely javascripty, if I recall correctly.  These days the whole WWW
is a cesspool of scripts and frameworks.  (It makes up for there being
so little information) :)

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  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-05-04 19:59 -0500
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-05 08:40 +0000
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-05 15:47 +0100
        Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-05 21:24 +0000
          Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-06 15:31 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-05 16:38 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:45 +0000
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-05-06 19:31 +0300
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-05-06 20:52 +0100
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-26 14:20 +0000
  Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-26 13:57 -0700
    Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-01 21:16 +0100
      Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-07-02 07:27 +0100
        Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-02 13:28 +0100
          Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-07-02 18:43 +0000
            Re: Alternative browsers for the disgruntled Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-07-02 23:51 +0100

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