From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tds-solutions.net (tds-solutions.net [69.164.206.65]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B726C1A0F4 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:13:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by tds-solutions.net (Postfix, from userid 5002) id 373F7A139; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:13:36 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on wuff X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,T_FRT_PROFILE2 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from [65.126.168.132] (unknown [65.126.168.132]) (Authenticated sender: tyler) by tds-solutions.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DACE0A132 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:13:35 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4F99660D.40509@tysdomain.com> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:13:17 -0600 From: "Littlefield, Tyler" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.28) Gecko/20120306 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: best cli web browser & email programs References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: tyler@tysdomain.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:13:38 -0000 pine and mutt are both still common solutions. As for browsing, there's a lot you can't do still. edbrowse, w3m and elinks are all good (and some do some things better than others), but not amazing and there's still a lot of stuff they won't work with. On 4/26/2012 8:27 AM, John Heim wrote: > My netbook broke down and I'm thinking of going back to the linux > command line & speakup on a computer on a board (something like a > Raspberry Pie). Instead of buying a new computer, I was thinking of > using one of the under powered machines I can get for free and then > using speakup. It would have the advantage that ssh would be rock > solid and that's what I need the most when I'm on the road. What web > browser and email program do people prefer? > > > I used to use pine as my primary mail program. That was a few years > ago though. I mean, I used pine even on a system with a GUI. How > about mutt? Anybody like that? > > Then for browser, I've used lynx and edbrowse but only for testing > purposes. If I work at it, can I get proficient enough to browse the > web about as easily as I would in a GUI? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Take care, Ty Web: http://tds-solutions.net The Aspen project: a light-weight barebones mud engine http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud Sent from my toaster.