06-16-2008, 05:00 AM | #1 |
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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. Last edited by bobj; 06-19-2008 at 10:39 AM. |
06-16-2008, 07:05 AM | #2 |
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Fantastic! I'm looking forward to trying this out.
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06-18-2008, 01:17 PM | #3 | |
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How to run elinks without xshell install
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06-18-2008, 02:28 PM | #4 |
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THANK YOU!!!!!
Dear Wallcraft,
Thank you very much for your previous response. I was able to run the standalone and it was very fine. Dear Bobj, Thanks a million for your response and such an excellent piece of work. I have installed a zillion..!?! of third party softwares, but I have to admit that I was very impressed with your software and that in my opinion it is the best that I have installed so far...During the installation the software was very interactive telling me exactly what was being done ...WOW!!! Please excuse my initial fear, but you have to understand that i am a big gadget fan and that the iliad is so far one of the best gadget I ever had, so I did not want to brick it by installing something in the internal memory...After I realized that i could uninstall the application from the internal memory if anything were to go wrong I did install it on the internal memory...and i did not regret as I was able to access my gmail email account with a very fast and very responsive elink text based web browser WOW!! Thank you so much and please keep up the good work!!! Dabon. |
06-18-2008, 06:56 PM | #5 | |
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Hey, bobj, if you don't mind I have replaced the binary.
You forgot to strip it. Code:
file elinks elinks: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1, for GNU/Linux 2.4.3, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped Quote:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21812 Last edited by yokos; 06-18-2008 at 07:01 PM. Reason: quote |
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06-19-2008, 12:05 AM | #6 |
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Sweet, thanks yokos! I was wondering why my binaries were 2x as big!!! (I'm still a n00b to porting.)
Your mc was definitely a motivating factor for xshell, and I'm a big fan of your work in general. I will take a look. |
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