Exploring different browsers
There are so many types and categories of browsers that it is hard to keep track of them all. I have listed a few browsers that we have installed and used and find it somewhat useful to use.
w3m
w3m is a text based browser which can display local or remote web pages as well as other documents. It is able to process HTML tables and frames but it ignores JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. w3m can also serve as a pager for text files named as arguments or passed on standard input, and as a general purpose directory browser.
lynx
Lynx is a fully-featured text based World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on Windows 95/NT/XP/7/8 or any POSIX platform, or any other “curses-oriented” display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current versions of Lynx run on Unix, VMS, Windows 95/NT/XP/7/8, DOS DJGPP and OS/2.
netrik
netrik is an advanced text mode HTML (WWW) browser, that is to say a web browser running on character cell displays (linux console, xterm etc.) -- not unlike w3m, links or lynx.
When invoked with a filename or URL as argument, the specified document is loaded and displayed in interactive mode, so you can start browsing the web or some local HTML repository from there. (Alter‐natively the document can be just layouted and dumped to the screen, see OPTIONS below.)
When invoked with '-' instead of a file/URL, an HTML document is read from standard input, and dis‐played just the same.
links2
links2 is a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface, supporting colors, correct table rendering, background downloading, menu driven configuration interface and slim code.
elinks
ELinks is a text mode WWW browser, supporting colors, table rendering, background downloading, menu driven configuration interface, tabbed browsing and slim code.
Chromium
Chromium is the core codebase that many web browsers, including Chrome, use. While they share a common foundation, there are key differences in how they are developed, what features they include, and how they handle data privacy. Chromium is open-source.
Chrome
Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that is built upon the open-source project called Chromium. Chrome is not open-source.
Firefox
Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It's known for its focus on privacy, security, and user customization. Firefox offers a variety of features, including private browsing, enhanced tracking protection, and the ability to synchronize data across devices. https://www.mozilla.org/
Falkon
The open source KDE web browser which focuses on privacy, security, and customization.https://www.falkon.org/
Epiphany
Epiphany is the codename for GNOME Web, a free and open-source web browser developed by the GNOME project for Unix-like systems. It's the default and official browser for GNOME and is known for its simple, clean, and beautiful user interface. https://apps.gnome.org/Epiphany/
Island
This is advertised as an enterprise browser. https://www.island.io/
