pkg_add -r w3m On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 9:01 AM unix <u...@disroot.org> wrote:
> > > 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. > > > > I don't mean that everybody will be comfortable using a > text-mode web browser. > I assume (since I can't know for sure) that the average > OpenBSD user reads a lot. Man pages, sources, mailing list archives, > news, etc. > The ideal new user reads all of FAQ, and some man pages > (help, afterboot, you name it). > w3m is a good tool for reading pure HTML pages (which is what most if > not all of online OpenBSD documentation consists of). > The bookmark > functionality. Integration with external editors and filters. Keyboard > navigation. > My point is, it is viable for the OpenBSD desktop user. Once it is not, > he presses a keybinding and the page is opened in whatever other > browser he/she/it prefers. > The security problems - I agree. It doesn't look good. > > https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-15995/product_id-35351/opov-1/W3m-Project-W3M.html > I guess if somebody were to do a more secure version of w3m, he should > choose the w3l fork simply because of LOC. > This might make it to my > to-do list. > I really want OpenBSD to have a good independent > browser, even if it's going to be basic. As it is, we're relying on > other entities to control the web experience of our users. > I don't like Mozilla, Google or Apple (Webkit) browsers in terms of > security. All of those engines have inappropriate licensing. All of > them are bloated to hell and back. > Meanwhile the only other alternatives are Netsurf (GPL, supports CSS > and minimal JS, C), Lynx (GPL, some CSS, C), Links (GPL, some > CSS, C), Serenity OS's libweb (BSD 2-clause, supports a lot of > stuff, but written in C++, eww) and w3m (MIT, just HTML, C). Currently, > for the purpose of quick reading, w3m is enough. And I don't think the > OpenBSD user needs much more. > >
