Comment by ๐Ÿ™ norayr

Re: "Which Javascript-free Browser?"

In: u/RubyMaelstrom

i noticed nobody mentioned lynx. i remember it didn't support html frames, unlike links, but it could convert some non unicode language encodings to translit.

๐Ÿ™ norayr

Apr 05 ยท 3 months ago

Poll Results

1. Dillo

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2. Links2

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3. Mosaic

โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 0%

4. Other? (Specify below)

โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 53%

34 votes were cast.

4 Later Comments โ†“

๐ŸŒฒ byte ยท Apr 05 at 04:27:

dillo for linux when needed, mothra for 9front/plan9, gemini almost everywhere <3

๐Ÿ™ norayr ยท Apr 05 at 10:35:

actually yes, lagrange or amfora + levior or duckling proxy is more than you need for most websites.

๐Ÿ‘ป ps ยท Apr 05 at 11:46:

Not sure if that's the answer, but I've simply set `javascript.enabled` to `false` in the `Firefox about:config`

๐Ÿ’Ž pista ยท Apr 05 at 18:11:

@byte based.

Original Post

๐Ÿš€ RubyMaelstrom

Which Javascript-free Browser? โ€” Which Javascript-free and/or text-based light browser do people prefer? Sometimes it's nice to view the web through a more simple lens, even though it breaks 98% of websites out there. Are you more of a Dillo-head, or a traditionalist hanging out at the TTY with Links2? Or are you a *true* traditionalist and go all the way back with Mosaic? Maybe something else? Actually, pruning my daily www usage to websites which work well in these "simple" browsers has...

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