Text-based web browser

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A text-based web browser is a web browser that renders only the text of web pages, and ignores graphic content. Usually, they render pages faster than graphical web browsers due to lowered bandwidth demands. Additionally, the greater CSS, Javascript and typography functionality of graphical browsers require more CPU resources.

w3m displaying the Wikipedia home page with images.

Text-based browsers are often very useful for users with visual impairment or partial blindness. They are especially useful with speech synthesis or text-to-speech software, which reads content to users.

List of text-based web browsers

Charlotte Web Browser (for VM/CMS) ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Emacs/W3 & EWW for GNU Emacs
Line Mode Browser (by Tim Berners-Lee)
Links
- ELinks
Lynx (and derivatives ALynx and DosLynx)
Net-Tamer
w3m
WebbIE

References

↑ "Description of CHARLOTT". IBM. IBM. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ Forde, Carl. "The Charlotte Web Browser". The Rexx Language Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ Forde, Carl. "The Charlotte Web Browser, part 2". The Rexx Language Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ "VM and e-business: VM Web Browsers". IBM. IBM. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

External links

Media related to Text-based web browsers at Wikimedia Commons

Web browsers

Features	Ad filtering Augmented browsing Bookmarks Bookmarklet Live bookmark Smart Bookmarks Browser extension Browser security Browser synchronizer comparison Cookies Download manager Favicon Incremental search Plug-in Privacy mode Tabs Universal Edit Button

Web standards	Acid tests Cascading Style Sheets HTML HTML5 JavaScript MathML OCSP SVG WebGL XHTML

Related topics	BrowserChoice.eu CRL HTTP HTTPS iLoo Internet suite Man-in-the-browser Mobile Web Offline reader PAC Pwn2Own Rich Internet application Site-specific browser SPDY SSL/TLS WebSocket Widget World Wide Web WPAD XML

Desktop

Blink-based	Chromium Chrome Dragon Opera Slimjet SRWare Iron UC Browser Vivaldi Yandex.Browser Sputnik

WebKit-based	Arora Avant Dooble Epic Flock Fluid iCab Konqueror Lunascape Maxthon Midori OmniWeb Origyn Web Browser QtWeb QupZilla rekonq Safari Shiira Sleipnir SlimBoat surf Torch Uzbl Web WebPositive xombrero

Trident-based	AOL Explorer Avant Deepnet Explorer GreenBrowser Internet Explorer Lunascape Maxthon MediaBrowser MenuBox NeoPlanet NetCaptor SlimBrowser SpaceTime UltraBrowser WebbIE ZAC Browser

Gecko-based	AT&T Pogo Avant Camino Firefox Conkeror GNU IceCat IceDragon Swiftfox Swiftweasel TenFourFox Timberwolf Tor Browser Waterfox xB Browser Galeon Ghostzilla K-Meleon Kazehakase Kirix Strata Lotus Symphony Lunascape Mozilla Beonex Communicator Classilla Netscape SeaMonkey

Text-based	ELinks Emacs/W3 Line Mode Browser Links Lynx Net-Tamer w3m

Other	abaco Amaya Arachne Arena Charon Dillo Gazelle IBM Home Page Reader IBrowse KidZui Microsoft Edge Mosaic Mothra NetPositive NetSurf Pale Moon

Mobile

WebKit-based	Android Browser BOLT Chrome Dolphin Browser Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser Maxthon Mercury Browser Nokia Browser for Symbian Opera Mobile Rockmelt Safari Silk Steel

Gecko-based	Firefox for mobile MicroB Minimo

Presto-based	Nintendo DS & DSi Browser Opera Mini

Other	Blazer CM Browser Deepfish Galio ibisBrowser Internet Explorer Mobile Iris Browser Konqueror Embedded Microsoft Edge NetFront Nokia Xpress Obigo Browser Skweezer Skyfire Teashark ThunderHawk UC Browser Vision WinWAP

Television and video game console

WebKit-based	Google TV NetFront Steam Overlay Wii U Internet Browser

Gecko-based	Kylo

Presto-based	Internet Channel

Blink-based	Android TV Amazon Fire TV

Other	Galio MSN TV

Software no longer in development shown in italics

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