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Old 29th August 2008
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The two console browsers I've used most are lynx and links. They have many similarities and also complementary differences.

links can display graphics on the Linux framebuffer very well (looks much like it does in X). Not sure about on the NetBSD framebuffer, I"m dubious but haven't had time to take a serious crack at that.

My sense is that links also handles tables and frames better than lynx.

links can do downloads in the background, while lynx can't. (Mostly useful if you're not on dial-up.)

Both can do SSL connections. If you just want to download a page that way, there's a good chance it will work (I use "lynx -dump" on some https pages regularly). As far as doing any serious https browsing, such as web banking, I've found both lynx and links to be totally incapable on the sites I use.
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