Hej Donnie!

google has officially dropped support for text browsers, such as lynx. As for me, duckduckgo is the new default, including a gui browser such as firefox which happens to be the only such browser here.

As the subject implies, I won't be shedding a tear.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

o- -o -o -o -o -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o o- /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Æfter leofan menn langað swiðost.
People long most for a loved one.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
(\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof; sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican.
Man in joy is dear to his kin; but they will have to part.
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On 2025-09-11, Maurice Kinal <Maurice.Kinal@p113.f464.n280.z2.fidonet> wrote:

Hej Donnie!

google has officially dropped support for text browsers, such as lynx. As for me, duckduckgo is the new default, including a gui browser such as firefox which happens to be the only such browser here.

As the subject implies, I won't be shedding a tear.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

o- -o -o -o -o -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o o-
/) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Æfter leofan menn langað swiðost.
People long most for a loved one.
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Head to https://lite.duckduckgo.com just in case.

Also:

https://farside.link <- debloated replacement
gopher://magical.fish <- shitload of services,
from news, RSS feeds and a online translator
over gopher.
gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn <- tons of links
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Hey Rob????

Head to https://lite.duckduckgo.com just in case.

That works. So far, so good.

I'll have to check the rest later. Thank you for the heads up.

Дуже груви,
Maurice

o- o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o o- -o o-
/) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ /) (\ /)
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Ne byð þæt fele freond, se þe oþrum facn heleð.
He who harbours treachery against another is not a faithful friend.
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