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Add to SafariWhen comparing Falkon vs Lynx, the Slant community recommends Lynx for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Lynx is ranked 3rd while Falkon is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Lynx is:
Lynx was first released in 1992. Using it is one of the best hands-on ways to understand the history of the Web.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Developed by KDE
Pro Lightweight
Pro Free and Open Source
GPLv3 license.
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Pro Still under active development
Lynx offers surprising compatibility with current WWW standards, including SSL/TLS.
Pro 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.
Cons
Con Now under the KDE umbrella
Qupzilla is now discontinued and renamed to Falkon. It will also now be a part of KDE and will probably need more dependencies like kde-frameworks in the future.
Con Weak multimedia support
It has some issues with multimedia content eg. Non-playing videos on webpages.
Con Linux-only
Con Bookmark management not the strongest part
It often requires quite a lot of clicks to add and remove bookmarks.
Con Nobody uses it
