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   yeti to nospam@example.net   
   Re: terminal only for two weeks   
   26 Nov 24 12:15:23   
   
   From: yeti@tilde.institute   
      
   D  wrote:   
      
   > I have been thinking about moving the reading part of web browsing   
   > into the terminal as well, but haven't found a browser I'm happy   
   > with.   
      
   I use Elinks, Emacs/EWW and W3m, but none of them can replace the scary   
   fullfat browsers.  They seem to just fit Smolweb stuff (FTP, Gemini,   
   Gopher and similar).   
      
   > Maybe it would be possible to write a kind of "pre-processor" that   
   > formats web sites with a text based browser in mind?   
      
   Despite me finding this solution really scary, something like that   
   indeed exists:   
      
          
      
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   (73) "Shit!"   
      
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