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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MAURICE KINAL on Thu Sep 11 11:31:23 2025
    google has officially dropped support for text browsers, such as lynx. As for

    Hmm, well that is some BS. On an older machine, I am using links2 with a search called frogfind. It will (usually) translate pages into plain text
    but there are some that it cannot render.

    Mike


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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Mike Powell on Thu Sep 11 18:29:09 2025
    Hej Mike!

    Hmm, well that is some BS.

    As google now says, "Your browser isn't supported anymore. To continue your search, upgrade to a recent version." I don't mind upgrading but in this case it isn't going to happen no matter what google thinks.

    I am using links2 with a search called frogfind.

    <Esc>:read !links -version
    Links 2.30

    That looks okay. Always nice to have choices such as;

    <Esc>:read !lynx -version
    Lynx Version 2.9.2 (31 May 2024)
    libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 3.8.10, ncurses 6.5.20250809(wide)
    Built on linux-gnu (Sep 7 2025 02:40:40).

    Copyrights held by the Lynx Developers Group,
    the University of Kansas, CERN, and other contributors.
    Distributed under the GNU General Public License (Version 2).
    See https://lynx.invisible-island.net/ and the online help for more information.

    Also lynx can handle gopher connections which links cannot. However I still prefer links for straight text browsing.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o o- o- -o -o o- -o -o o- -o -o o- -o -o o- o-
    (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Eall þæt mon untidlice onginþ, næfþ hit no æltæþne ende.
    Anything begun at the wrong time will never have a good end.
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MAURICE KINAL on Fri Sep 12 10:07:03 2025
    Also lynx can handle gopher connections which links cannot. However I still prefer links for straight text browsing.

    Thanks for the tip, I don't think I was aware that lynx could do gopher.

    Mike


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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Mike Powell on Fri Sep 12 19:16:36 2025
    Hej Mike!

    Thanks for the tip, I don't think I was aware that lynx could do gopher.

    According to './configure --help';

    Other Network Services:
    --disable-finger disable FINGER logic
    --disable-gopher disable GOPHER logic
    --disable-news disable NEWS logic
    --disable-ftp disable FTP logic
    --enable-wais enable WAIS logic

    It looks like it is enabled by default, along with finger, news and ftp protocols. I use lynx mostly for converting html to text and in that case 'lynx -help' will give you all the gory details in order to create an excellent commandline and/or shell scripted html2text function. I can see the gopher capabilties being attractive for a minimalized, low bandwidth app on a smartphone to a properly configured gopher server tasked to provide such a desirable connection.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o -o o- -o -o o- o- -o -o -o -o o- o- -o /) (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) (\ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... A sceal snotor hycgean ymb þysse worulde gewinn.
    A wise person should always be thinking about this world's strife.
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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Oct 10 23:23:02 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    12 Sep 2025 19:16, Maurice Kinal wrote to Mike Powell:

    --disable-gopher disable GOPHER logic

    shame on you :)

    see my origin


    Regards Benny

    ... too late to die young :)

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Benny Pedersen on Sat Oct 11 09:57:35 2025
    Hej Benny!

    shame on you :)

    Yeah I know I'm a bad, bad boy. However I still have and use lynx with the default gopher capabilities left turned on.

    see my origin

    Yep. Works like a charm. I figured it would make a good BBS. Too bad there are few lynx users to fill the void.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o o- o- -o -o -o o- -o -o o- o- -o o- o- o- /) (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) /) (\ /) /) /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... God ana wat hwæt him weaxendum winter bringað.
    Only God knows what the years will bring the growing child.
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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Maurice Kinal on Sat Oct 11 19:51:06 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    11 Oct 2025 09:57, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

    shame on you :)
    Yeah I know I'm a bad, bad boy. However I still have and use lynx
    with the default gopher capabilities left turned on.

    is it better ?, links is more like a non gui version of seamonkey imho :=)

    see my origin

    Yep. Works like a charm. I figured it would make a good BBS. Too
    bad there are few lynx users to fill the void.

    thanks for testing, i had reports it did not work, but simply gopher client on windows works, and on android it does aswell


    Regards Benny

    ... too late to die young :)

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Benny Pedersen on Sat Oct 11 20:26:11 2025
    Hej Benny!

    is it better ?

    lynx is the only web app I currently have that can successfully do gopher protocol. links is a no show thus far but then again I haven't really researched it. I think w3m might also work but to be honest I am happy with lynx and have other uses for it.

    thanks for testing, i had reports it did not work

    It works great. No complaints about it from this direction.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o -o -o -o -o -o -o -o -o -o o- o- -o -o o- -o
    (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) (\
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    Man in joy is dear to his kin; but they will have to part.
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