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Okay, so, let me premise my answer with the acknowledgement that probably /very/ few people want what I do.

1. Terminal-only (^Z is a thing that I want)

2. Capable of some basic CSS support (e.g., colors, basic text decorations; whatever can be simply translated to ANSI escape codes)

3. Capable of doing <div>-based page layouts fairly consistently.

4. Just enough Javascript support to login to a couple of webpages I like and nothing more

5. Some basic support for cookies and bookmarks (though, a session save would be an acceptable alternative for me)

6. Basic support for privacy/security features (think DNT header, HSTS, etc.)

7. (optional) libsixel integration for image/video output

Having the above presents me with the ability to leave GUI web-browsers behind entirely. Ads and the like would essentially be immaterial if JS and images are toggleable and everything would be glorious. Of course, no one appears to want this kind of thing enough for it to have been created yet. So I will eventually probably break down and make it myself :P



elinks (not lynx, which is a different app) does most of these.

http://elinks.or.cz/

HSTS support would be a welcome patch.


It's true that elinks covers a fair bit of what I want. But it does not have libsixel integration, does not have enough JS for me to login to the websites I'd like (afaik, perhaps that has changed since I last tried it) and does not handle <div>-layouting very well.

Admittedly, those three things are the hardest ones in the list.




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