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Old 06-16-2008, 05:00 AM   #1
bobj
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Device: iRex iLiad
elinks text-based web browser (like lynx)

Here is Elinks, a very nice text-based web browser.

If you have installed mrxvt/xshell v0.5.0 or greater, then you can launch this directly from the iLiad's menu.

You'll have to use a connection manager of some sort to establish an Internet connection.

Pros:
Stability: It doesn't seem to crash like most other iLiad browsers
Speed: Highly responsive to input, great keyboard shortcuts
Supports stylus input
Supports SSL (Secure https://)
Downloads files
Compatible with Offline Wikipedia (there's a bookmark)
Compatible with GMail

Cons:
No images
No Javascript

Yes, it does come with Spidermonkey Javascript support, but it's barely implemented. I couldn't even get a confirm() window, so I think it's best disabled for now.

Here are a few tips to get started:

Click on the top row to bring down a menu.
Space=Page Down
g=Go
left/right=Back/Forward
q=quit

Download yokos's stripped version (iliad_elinks_0.1.stripped.zip). It's smaller and equivalent.
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Last edited by bobj; 06-19-2008 at 10:39 AM.
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