It features a nice default font selection
and seems to handle frames neatly; its use of colors also makes it easy to use. The links browser
lets you use the mouse to cut and paste text.
You can start any of these text-based Web browsers by entering a filename, or if you have an active
connection to the network, you can use a Web address as an option to the command name. For
example, to read the w3m documentation (which is in HTML format) with a w3m browser, type
the following from a Terminal window or other shell interface:
$ w3m /usr/share/doc/w3m*/MANUAL.html
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An HTML version of the W3M Manual is displayed. Or you can give w3m a URL to a Web page,
such as the following:
$ w3m www.handsonhistory.com
After a page is open, you can begin viewing the page and moving around to links included in it.
Start by using the arrow keys to move around and select links. Use the Page Up and Page Down
keys to page through text.
Summary
A lot of high-quality applications are available to fulfill your needs for a Web browser and e-mail
client in Linux. Most Web browsers are based on the Mozilla gecko engine (which came originally
from Netscape Navigator). Firefox has become the main Linux Web browser. The combination of
security, ease-of-use features, and extensions has made Firefox an extremely popular Web browser
for both Linux and Windows users.
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