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Support for several elements not found in terminal browsers
Although w3m is primarily a text-based web browser which runs inside the terminal, it supports and renders several elements which other terminal-based browsers cannot like images, tables, tabs or frames.
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Compatibility issues
Sometimes the link are not working
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ProudSeonangsin's Experience
Javascript is very bad comparing to brow.sh.
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Available as emacs plugin
W3m can also be downloaded as an emacs plugins to be used as a fast web browser that runs inside emacs.
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Javascript is bad
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Quick Links
Use TAB key to move cursor sequentially through hyperlinks.
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Some compatibility issues
w3m-img resource is not supported by Gnome Terminal and similar emulators.
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Oldest web-browser still in general use
Lynx was first released in 1992. Using it is one of the best hands-on ways to understand the history of the Web.
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Maintained, stable, reliable. It just works.
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OpenSource
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N/A
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Unix-like, DOS, Windows
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Lightweight and lower ram usage than Chrome
Chrome uses like 600+MB of ram just for facebook and an adblocker and idm extension, but lynx runs on command so it's a lot better if you want results quickly.
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Still under active development
Lynx offers surprising compatibility with current WWW standards, including SSL/TLS.
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Naturally well-suited to accessibility tools
Being a text-based browser, Lynx is easy to operate using text-to-speech or Braille tools for visually-impaired users.
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Works on all sites that Firefox works on
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Does not save bandwidth
Does not save bandwidth when run on local machine, only on remote machine without bandwidth limit.
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Best Javascript support, since it's based on Firefox.
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Supports JavaScript
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Very slow
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Easy configuration for shorcuts and hints
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Works with every webpage
It supports all of JS CSS and HTML that chromium does meaning that it can run any web page.
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Unnecessary
Just as much code as chromium without anything to show for it.
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Chromium
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Rust + C++
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Renders all the web browser elements while still supporting all posix terminals.
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