Are there any graphical browsers that will run on the console and render to framebuffer or GGI, and currently work fairly well? I remember hearing about one, but don't remember the name, and I recall at the time it was in alpha/developmental stage.
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Rogerio Brito wrote: > On Aug 16 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Mozilla should improve much of this, but the default build is far > > too complex for a basic browser. > > Not to mention that this implies that Mozilla is *slow* (since > it doesn't fit in core), depending on what it is doing (for > basic navigation, it is ok; opening a new window makes it > slow; navigating through the Preferences menus is even > *slower*). > > > Gzilla and/or Gnutella look like far more promising projects. Both > > are based on the Gecko rendering engine, but strip out much of the > > bloat being pumped into Mozilla. > > I don't know why the rationale of such a complex application > is. Not even making considerations from a usability > standpoint, the Mozilla coordination must have nightmares > every single night for maintaining such a huge project. One of > the basic laws of engineering is the KISS principle, of > course. > > Anyway, back on the alternatives, Gzilla indeed looks like a > promising project. It is nowadays called Armadillo and, last I > checked, its homepage was http://www.gzilla.com/. Another free > web-browser is Mnemonic, which even has packages for Debian. > Its site is http://www.mnemonic.org/. > > BTW, it would be nice if people started using these browsers > and giving feedback to their developers. In the mean time, we > may continue to use w3m or links or lynx as our nice text > browsers. All three are packaged in potato. :-) > > > []s, Roger... > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ > Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
