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<chapter id="basicnet-textweb">
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<?dbhtml filename="textweb.html"?>
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<title>Text Web Browsers</title>
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<para>People who are new to Unix-based systems tend to ask the question
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"Why on earth would I want a text-mode browser? I'm going to compile X
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and use Konqueror/Mozilla/Whatever!". Those who have been
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around systems for a while know that when (not if) you manage to mess up
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your graphical browser install and you need to look up some information
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on the web, a console based browser will save you. Also, there are
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quite a few people who prefer to use one of these browsers as their
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principle method of browsing; either to avoid the clutter and bandwidth
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which accompanies images or because they may use a text-to-speech
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synthesizer which can read the page to them (of use for instance to
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partially sighted or blind users). We currently have installation
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instructions for three console web browsers:</para>
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&Links;
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&lynx;
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&w3m;
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</chapter>
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