Re: [tlug] Recommended light weight browser

["Niels Kobschaetzki" <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On Nov 20, 2007 6:59 AM,  <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nguyen Vu Hung
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:22 PM
> >
> >
> > I've been a fan of FireFox up to 2.0.0.8 but since 2.0.0.9, FF asked
> me
> > a lot of extra memory that I don't have.
> > So I am looking for another alternative ( under Linux and Windows )
> that supports Gmail
> >
>
> Does Gmail have an option to use your own email client?
> If it does, then you could use an email client to access
> your email, then use whatever web browser you want.

imap and pop3 is available for gmail

> Also, is it not possible to go back to  Firefox 2.0.0.8?
>
> :P  I would suggest Linx (or is that Lynx?), but it is not realy
> light weight any more. ^^;;  It is still pretty quick, but does
> not support a whole lot.

How about w3m ;)
Depending of the GUI used, how about Konqueror or Nautilus (if KDE or
GNOME is used)
And googling for linux browsers gave me this site:
http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~kreutzm/en/lin_browser.html
Seems to be pretty complete

Niels