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Old June 3rd 18, 03:17 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default Fast Light Weight Browser

Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 12:49:00 -0700, freenewser
wrote:

Suggestions please.

Need for Win XP Pro and Win 7 Pro

FireFox keeps stealing 50% of my CPU !!!

What about Vivaldi ? Others ?

Want to get away from Mozilla.


Lynx. It was good enough in 1992; it should be good enough now.
https://www.google.com/search?q=lynx+browser


That's what I used at work, because they wouldn't
give us a browser.

I spent approximately 40 hours compiling a browser
from source (had to build all the libraries it
needed, first). The IT department kept a log of all
downloads, and they spotted my source download. And
they sent out a message to "destroy all copies".

Leaving us with Lynx.

You don't really surf with Lynx. It's main claim to
fame is allowing you to download stuff (like maybe
a PDF file on a site).

There is a piece of software that was given
a similar name, like "links", which is apparently
another one of those text-only browsers.

It's only 19 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_%28web_browser%29

Paul

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