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21 May 2007 04:15 pm

peter d

P: 38
L: Hastings UK

Reply with quote Hi All

I'd like to set Firefox up with a (close to lynx) text only profile. To do this I should disable:

ALL CSS Styles
All Javascript
All Flash
All Images
All Java

Anything else I should do?

Also my Firefox seems to forget that I have disabled CSS Styles each tme I move to a new page - if this is not unusual is there a way to disable css once.

Thanks Pete

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22 May 2007 08:30 am

jim barter

P: 654
L: Sheffield UK

Reply with quote try this

Install Chris Pedericks web developer toolbar
http://chrispederick.com/

Restart FF

Select > Options > Persist Features

Select > CSS > Disable styles

Select > Images > Disable Images

Select > Disable > Disable Javascript

enjoy your (almost) text browser
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22 May 2007 10:53 am

peter d

P: 38
L: Hastings UK

Reply with quote Thanks jim. Thats better!

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23 May 2007 01:21 pm

Alastc

P: 311
L: Bristol, UK

Reply with quote Have you tried Opera with the user style sheets? V. easy to do, and one of them even looks like Lynx!
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23 May 2007 02:11 pm

peter d

P: 38
L: Hastings UK

Reply with quote Hello Alastc

Taking your tip I've updated my Opera and found this article:

http://www.opera.com/...

Does it describe the way you use Opera in text mode? not sure where i get the 'lynx lookalike' mode you mentioned.

minor irritation for me - the G key (to toggle images) and Ctrl+G (toggle Auth mode) don't appear to work for me.

otherwise great thanks.

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23 May 2007 02:46 pm

Alastc

P: 311
L: Bristol, UK

Reply with quote I was just thinking of switching to user mode (make sure you've got the 'view' bar up, perhaps click on the glasses icon), and then select 'emulate text browser'.

Beyond that, I guess it depends what you are trying to achieve with this? Very few people actually use Lynx (probably most are sys-admins going through a command line), so turning off styling in Firefox / Opera is generally just as good.
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