I am sure that xombrero, uzbl and surf, may replace IceCat, even as a main browser in some system distributions:
1) surf, with option -s the javascript is disabled. or Ctrl-Shift-s the script execution is toggled - so very easy, uses Webkit I guess. 2) xombrero - it has javascript whitelists, and it can be toggled by C-j. It has been well thought in regards to javascript. 3) uzbl -- javascript may be disabled or enabled by using commands, keys, and certainly also on command line. It is totally configurable, and usable. Those are faster than IceCat on some pages. I guess, not sure, they all use Webkit which is installed, so browsers are just few megabytes in comparison to IceCat which is I guess over 100 mb, when I compiled it, while the binary compiled on GNU website is about 91M Jean On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 11:21:21AM -0800, Ivan Zaigralin wrote: > For all the criticism I leveled against Icecat in the last year, I am in fact > using it as my primary browser, and we include it in FreeSlack as the Firefox > replacement. It is not perfect, but is certainly is a viable solution, for > users as well as for distro maintainers. > > Nice to hear others are coming along... I really want to start experimenting > with providing light-weight, and especially javascript-free options. > > On Wednesday, November 09, 2016 20:26:02 Jean Louis wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 10:01:51AM -0800, Ivan Zaigralin wrote: > > > you distribute a browser which suggests non-free addons, period. I am well > > > known around here for criticizing Icecat, so I am not saying that's > > > what you > > > > Straying from subject: > > > > - IceCat is great for some usage, but bloated, I have switched to > > surf, xombrero, uzbl, they are also way easier to compile: > > > > Xombrero shall be on OpenBSD, don't know quite: > > https://github.com/conformal/xombrero > > > > http://uzbl.org - excellent pipe, socket, controllable browser > > > > surf from http://suckless.org > > > > And those could be included in free system distributions.