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When comparing elinks vs Min, the Slant community recommends Min for most people. In the question“What are the best web browsers for UNIX-like systems?” Min is ranked 7th while elinks is ranked 23rd.
Specs
Default Search EngineNone
Based OnChromium core
Browser EngineBlink
LicenseOpenSource (Apache-2.0)
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Common Questions
Pros
Pro Supports tabs
Elinks supports tabs and tabbed navigation.
Pro Minimal design
Pro Built-in tracker protection
Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well.
Pro Built in AdBlock
Pro Open source
Built with Electron using JS & CSS.
Cons
Con Text-based only
Lynx is a text-based only web browser and it's the oldest browser still in use. Being text-only, it's not very useful anymore outside some niche use cases.
Con Lacks basic navigation buttons
No backward or forward buttons makes it a bit cumbersome to navigate.
Con No MIMEtypes defined or added
Won't open or even download Microsoft Office documents.
Con No startpage
It is not possible to add a startpage.