On 2022-09-10, unix <u...@disroot.org> wrote: > Hello. My reasons for this proposition:
We went through this before when we decided to remove lynx. > 1. The user will be able to test basic websites without installing > anything. > 2. The user will be able to read an incredibly useful official > FAQ, with no external devices involved. > 3. The user will be able to manage mailing list > membership via the web interface. > 4. Using ftp(1) and reading pure HTML is inconvenient. > 5. The browser (Lynx) was already included. It was removed due to > concerns about code quality, licensing, and support for insecure > protocols. > You could say that you don't need a browser installed by default if you > have a network connection and can install the package anyway. > Still, am I the only one who feels like it's pretty much the only thing > missing in the base for a comfortable day to day desktop usage? With the web as it is, I can't see a text-mode browser as being comfortable for day-to-day desktop usage. In addition, some of the gui browsers have some degree of process separation and jailing, and active enough development there's a better chance to find and fix fixed more quickly which seems not the case with the text-mode browsers. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
