- elinks: links is much faster on start/exit
- lynx: does not honor a document's coloring
- netrik: no colors, RIGHT does not follow links
- retawq: no colors, can't handle <a name>-tags
- w3m: unfavourable handling of <a name>-tags,
unfavourable cursor navigation and no colors
Only links/links2, elinks and lynx are now considered usable (and also chosen in that order). You can set GT5_BROWSER=your_preferred_browser to overrule this.
The first picture shows the textbrowsers with their default configuration, the second one is configured for optimal use with gt5. Options to be set/unset are given below the pictures.
sample HTML | missing textbrowser/configuration?
links/links2:
F9 -> Setup -> Terminal options:
| [X] VT 100 frames |
| [X] Block cursor |
| [X] Color |
elinks:
F9 -> Setup -> Terminal options:
| [X] Block cursor |
| [ ] Transparency |
lynx:
| contact me if you think lynx can do a better job |
netrik:
| contact me if you think netrik can do a better job |
retawq:
| contact me if you think retawq can do a better job |
w3m:
| contact me if you think w3m can do a better job |