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Ask HN: the lightest simplest browser?

2 points| mohsen | 15 years ago | reply

I feel it's these types of questions that get us closer to an eternal September here, but forgive me I must ask.

I have a pretty simple question, what is the lightest, fastest browser i could use.

my request is that

1) it allows for tabs

2) it has a decent set of keyboard shortcuts

Thanks in advance

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[+] fractallyte|15 years ago|reply
Also have a look at links2 (http://links.twibright.com/)

Runs in text or graphical mode - the latter is excellent if you want to avoid javascript (unfortunately, CSS too), but still see the page with gfx.

Great keyboard navigation, a decent download manager, and blazingly fast.

You can open new browsing windows, and while there's no tabbed browsing, some users delegate this to their (Linux) window manager, such as Fluxbox, which features tabbed windows.

[+] motvbi|15 years ago|reply
Assuming you have ruled out Chrome and Opera, what exactly do you mean by "lightest"?
[+] mohsen|15 years ago|reply
well to be honest i didn't give opera a chance.

by light, i really meant fast, guess a bad choice of words on my part, i really just want something really fast, not even chrome seems fast enough to me.