Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:41:56 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> To: jose@cnct.com Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Tiny web browser (was Re: Tiny webserver) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980703103509.24457A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980702080301.7428A-100000@cnct.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 jose@cnct.com wrote: > > > It is interesting to read about the tiny webservers. Are there > > > any tiny clients for surfing the web? > > > > picobsd for 2.2.5 has lynx, a textual html 3.2 compliant browser in it. > > > > i love lynx, but small it isn't.. there is a serious lack of choice when > it comes to non-x11 browsers on unix. Two other options for text-mode browsers: W3, as part of GNU or XEmacs CERN line mode W3 is anything but suitable for picoBSD, given that you need EMACS as well! The CERN line mode browser is small, but very unfriendly. What features would you be prepared to sacrifice for a tiny text-based browser? Clearly images... frames, forms and tables would seem to be the most difficult parts of an HTML parser: if you removed those four elements, one could probably generate a fairly small web browser. You could make it smaller by making it an HTTP client only - Lynx has mailto:, WAIS, FTP and (I think) gopher support. There are a number of web browsers now available for the PalmPilot that are very small, yet relatively powerful, so it can be done. My 2c of musings for the day... Cheers Graeme - -- Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University Random thought #209 (Collect all 215) Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv Comment: Auto-signed by PPG (v1.01) (the PGP/PINE gateway) iQB1AwUBNZwovWAiycRwLbVJAQGELAMAp8C+KBbmNxRfU/qWL3rxV4DfoiOZOT+6 v5ynN0j/TCj91Yem+eEQBBQZCi2pEtfUxLKvkmekON739Nz1W4qnfLrhlkwhAiTK FcutVsuhOuDkfbu0zHFZrKU9z3EU3a0m =Xilf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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