Lynx Users

[jmiller]

I am curious as to how many users on here currently use Lynx as their browser.
Though I am on Windows, I still tend to use a Win32 port of lynx, purely for speed, when I am reading mostly text based sites.
Anyways, how many of you use this lovely browser?

[Daniel]

Where do I get it?

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Daniel
Where do I get it? http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm has a Win32 port of it.

[Daniel]

God that has got to be the slowest download speed I have ever seen.


.53kb/sec and I'm on 1mbit dsl. :rolleyes:

Now, how do I use this thing?

[Who?]

i dont see the point of having a browser that is only good for viewing text based web sites

[Daniel]

I loaded this site fine. It loads all websites super fast without images.

Hell, it's quite nice to use.

Alot more secure too.

[edit] I just came to say that I made this edit using Lynx. It works quite well. :)

[Ben]

I've used the original *nix port and I must say it is extremely fast. I am downloading the Win32 port right now at 3.1kbps (slower than my normal download speed). Daniel, maybe your ISP doesn't like Linux? :p

[add]
For some reason, it scrolls all the way to the bottom of the page when i press down to choose a link

[Daniel]

Why would my isp not like Linux?

[Ben]

Originally posted by Daniel
Why would my isp not like Linux?
I was joking. Notice ":p"

[Mandrake]

Heh... That's a blast from the past. Lynx was the first browser I ever used. When I first got Mosaic, it was like heaven. :D

Well at least my site works with it. It's setup in a way that everything can be read and you can get around within the site. Not done on purpose, but it's a bonus. :)

[is0lized]

i get 4.6 to 5.4k a sec on 56k

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Daniel
Why would my isp not like Linux? Maybe the same reason mine doesn't. :confused2

[Daniel]

Well I do have plans to build a crappy machine that will run linux, and I'll see what happens. :biggrin2:

[GregT]

ive used the orignal one on linux, its nice when you dont have a GUI and need to browse the web, plus its fast :)

[Webdude]

I got it at 164k :p

Here's a thought, right click and "save target as". Just clicking the link, it was going to slow. I did the other, and ZOOOM! It was DL'd!

[trenzterra]

I think that qualifies to be the fastest browser on earth, not opera.

[Daniel]

Opera is still the fastest GRAPHICAL browser.

[Ben]

I find Mozilla to be much faster than Opera...

[Who?]

Opera for me starts faster then IE and loads pages faster, but i still use IE.

[Bruce]

Moz and IE are both equally slow for me... the ads have kept me away from Opera.