I used Mutt and Elinks here, and they both work very well; the former working only for casual web browsing, as client-side scripting support is lacking. Although, what is surprising is that to this day I can still buy stuff on Amazon with zero client-side scripting. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:39:55AM -0500, John Heim wrote: > Lets see, I bought my Pac Mate maybe 4 years ago. So its been that > long since I use the linux CLI as my main mobile interface. But it > sounds like nothing has changed. Well, there's no more pine. Its > been converted to alpine. I guess it was unrealistic to expect > someone to come back and say that there is a web browser just like > firefox only for the CLI. > > PS: Just to be clear, I'm not using an actual Raspberry Pie. I have > something similar manufactured by a company called Soekris. It costs > about 8 times as much as a Raspberry Pie, is about 4 times the size, > and doesn't have nearly the features. Other than that its just the > same. Runs the debian CLI real nice though. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" > <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: best cli web browser & email programs > > > >Both alpine and mutt are good mail solutions. I used to use mutt when > >I need pgp/gpg for signing because alpine didn't support it but now > >both programs support encryption and digital signatures. I find > >alpine does a bit better job of including your web browser into html > >mail so use it most of the time these days. > > > >As for web browsing, we are all looking for the perfect solution which > >as far as I know nobody has discovered. I am fond of elinks compiled > >with simple js support from the elinks git repository. When I need a > >bit more js support although unfortunately not total support I use > >edbrowse which is very much like the old ed program. > > > >YMMV as they say. > > Kirk > > > >On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, John Heim wrote: > > > >>My netbook broke down and I'm thinking of going back to the > >>linux command line & speakup on a computer on a board (something > >>like a Raspberry Pie). Instead of buying a new computer, I was > >>thinking of using one of the under powered machines I can get > >>for free and then using speakup. It would have the advantage > >>that ssh would be rock solid and that's what I need the most > >>when I'm on the road. What web browser and email program do > >>people prefer? > >> > >> > >>I used to use pine as my primary mail program. That was a few > >>years ago though. I mean, I used pine even on a system with a > >>GUI. How about mutt? Anybody like that? > >> > >>Then for browser, I've used lynx and edbrowse but only for > >>testing purposes. If I work at it, can I get proficient enough > >>to browse the web about as easily as I would in a GUI? > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > > >-- > >Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > >e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > >phone: (519) 661-3061 > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Igor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
