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 Post subject: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:12 pm 
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Links is a web browser running in both graphics and text mode. Features:

- Links runs on Linux, BSD, UNIX in general, OS/2, Cygwin under Windows, AtheOS, BeOS, FreeMint.
- Links runs in graphics mode (mouse required) on X Window System (UN*X, Cygwin), SVGAlib, Linux Framebuffer, OS/2 PMShell, AtheOS GUI
- Links runs in text mode (mouse optional) on UN*X console, ssh/telnet virtual terminal, vt100 terminal, xterm, and virtually any other text terminal. Mouse is supported for GPM, xterm, and OS/2. Links supports colors on terminal.
- Easy and quick user control via pull-down menu in both text and graphics mode, in 25 languages.
- HTML 4.0 support (without CSS)
- HTTP 1.1 support
- Tables, frames in both graphics and text mode, builtin image display in graphics mode
- Builtin image display for GIF, JPEG, PNG, XBM, TIFF in graphics mode
- Anti-advertisement animation filter in animated GIFs
- Bookmarks
- Background file downloads
- Automatic reconnection in case of TCP connection breakdown
- Keepalive connections
- Background (asynchronous) DNS lookup
- Possibility to hook up external programs for all MIME types, possibility to choose one of more programs at every opening.
- 48-bit high-quality image gamma correction, resampling and Floyd-Steinberg dithering in all color depths.
- Font resampling (antialiasing) for virtually unlimited pitch range, LCD optimization of fonts and images.
- Builtin fonts in the executable without reliance on any fonts installed in the system
- User-adjustable menu, HTML font size and image zoom factor.
- User-adjustable display gammas (red, green, blue), viewing-condition correction gamma and precise calibration of both - - - monitor and Links on a calibration pattern
- Automatic aspect ratio correction for modes like 640x200, 640x400, 320x200 with user-adjustable manual aspect ratio correction.
- Support for one-wheel mice (vertical scroll), two-wheel mice (vertical and horizontal scroll) and smooth scrolling by grabbing the plane with a mouse (no wheel needed).
- Easy installation, the browser is just one executable and no more files.


http://links.twibright.com/

Graphics mode:
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Text mode:
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Download @ http://links.twibright.com/download.php

Download Win32 binaries @ http://links.twibright.com/download/binaries/win32/ and uniextract.
Version tested: http://links.twibright.com/download/bin ... nstall.exe (24-Dec-2011)

I managed to run it in text mode but not in graphics mode. Obviously, some libraries are missing but i am not sure where to get those .dll files for Windows. Anyone?

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 Post subject: Re: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:23 am 
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Thank you for the post.

I have used ELinks to google for help when I have got my copy of GNU/Linux into a state where X fails to start. (It actually happens quite often to me. -.-) Of course I could reboot to Windows in such situations, but it would actually make fixing problems slower.

Both Links ans ELinks projects seem dead. :( I have used ELinks simply because it is better than Links.

However, I didn't know about Links 2. I see Links 2 is still being developed, so I'm going to switch to it ASAP.

Thanks again for bringing Links 2 into my attention. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:06 pm 
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I am Baas wrote:
I managed to run it in text mode but not in graphics mode. Obviously, some libraries are missing but i am not sure where to get those .dll files for Windows. Anyone?

Mmmm... It seems that the Windows binary was compiled with no support for graphics...


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 Post subject: Re: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:08 am 
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http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/l ... ad_details

See recent changes at http://links.twibright.com/download/ChangeLog

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 Post subject: Re: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:13 pm 
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I am Baas wrote:
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/links-portable

Tested this out today on a WinXP SP3 machine - I'm just getting a blank terminal window with a blinking cursor. Anyone else getting this?

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 Post subject: Re: Links Web Browser
PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:04 pm 
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This browser (LINKS) failed me, this was possibly hardware related.

I have just today tried its older brother LYNX in PAF format, LynxPortable was first mentioned by ABC

LynxPortable VOTE Now http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2331

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