I find myself gravitating toward the
links2 browser more and more often
when I surf the web these days.
Links2 takes me back to web 1.0. I
just peruse the web. I don't end up
logging into social media, which
limits my screen time. Mostly.
The other great aspect of links2 is
that it renders big, beautiful images
but not javascript. You might counter
that I could do that with a regular
browser, by toggling the javascript
setting.
But you'd be wrong.
Links2 will render sites without
javascript that do not work when I use
Firefox with the "Disable Javascript"
extension active or with javascript
toggled off in about:config. Perhaps
the difference has something to do
with server responses to different
user agents.
A good example of this involves
www.engadget.com. With javascript
toggled off in Firefox, the site
renders as a blank page. In links2, it
renders normally.
The other great asset of links2
involves online newspaper reading.
Again, I'm not sure why, but Firefox
with javascript toggled off is still
blocked when I pass the 10-article
limit on my favourite newspapers. Yet
paywa11s are no match for links2. It's
your free pass to content heaven.
Let's keep that to ourselves in the
gopherverse, huh?
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My 'dark mode' settings for links2:
1. Click on the top bar to see the
menu.
2. Set the colour options under View >
Color:
Text: d0d0d0
Link: 80b6cc
Background: 202020
3. Set the HTML options, under View >
HTML Options:
User font size: 24
Scale all images by: 100%
4. After making any changes, you need
to go to View > Save HTML Options
