New: Links Portable 2.7 (text-based web browser) Released

Submitted by John T. Haller on July 4, 2012 - 3:40pm

KeePass logo Links Portable 2.7 has been released. Links is a text-based web browser with full HTML4 support. It's handy for low-bandwidth situations and for testing website screen reader compatibility. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Features

Links is an advanced text-based web browser with support for HTML4 (no CSS), HTTP 1.1, tables, frames, and more. Full keyboard shortcut support like q to quite and g to go to a URL (see the included help.html for details). Note: Files should not be associated with this browser due to some bugs. Learn more about Links...

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Links Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Links Portable is available for immediate download from the Links Portable homepage. Get it today!

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I would've never thought

marcdw (Homepage) - July 5, 2012 - 1:26am

YES! I make heavy use of text-mode browsers on my *nix machines and
do have lynx and Links on one of the XP machines but I never thought I'd
see a portable apps version of these browsers.
Useful for those times when I just need see some info quickly.

Thanks and kudos to all involved.

Woohoo! (can you tell I'm a happy camper?)

Marc

Thanks! But no sites load, colon is appended to all URLs

jxf11 - July 5, 2012 - 9:44am

Thanks for this app, I'm a big Lynx fan from way back.

But after installing LinksPortable_2.7.paf.exe and running LinksPortable.exe, I get a blank window, I hit G, get the "Go to URL" pop-up and enter www.google.com or http://www.google.com.

Then I get:
- Looking up host
- Error loading http://www.google.com: Host not found
- note the extra colon at the end of the url

This happens if I try to load the PortableApps.com entry in the Bookmarks manager - a colon is appended to the end of the URL and it errors on host not found.

Am I goofing up in the use of the app somehow? Thanks in advance, jxf011

Buggy

John T. Haller

(Homepage) - July 5, 2012 - 10:11am

I've found links a bit buggy in my testing. If you hit ESC does the menu come up? If not, it might be a Cygwin incompatibility if you have it installed locally (or any piece of it from other apps).

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Can Lynx be made a PortableApp?

jxf11 - July 5, 2012 - 11:33am

When I launch Links, the initial screen is blank. Then G brings up the go to pop up and ESC brings the menu. I used ESC to get to the Bookmarks. Cygwin is part of a few portable apps but I don't have it installed as a stand alone and Cygwin isn't in any of my system or user variables.

I checked and the latest version of the Lynx text web browser is lynx2.8.8dev.12 and you can get the Win32 versions at Lynx Win32 Installers

I tried "Release built with curses (color-style)" and it works great out of the gate. The program runs off localized text config files but the installer creates uninstall registry keys.

Could Lynx be made into a PortableApp?

Sweet

Pyromaniac

(Homepage) - July 5, 2012 - 12:46pm

It's indeed incredibly fast. And worked well for the 5 minutes or so that I was using it. My worst comment is that the Facebook site sucked, but I didn't expect it to work anyway.

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