Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites?

Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by davewasthere on Saturday August 18, 2018 @10:05AM (#17788500)

This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal.

I know it'd probably break several sites... but your average news reading would be hugely improved.

I will say that https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ is one of the best community sites I know of. It's very lightweight, looks good, works incredibly fast. As a dev, I'm really impressed.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by ssh_lynx on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:56PM (#17789355)

> This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal.

No need to go into any of that trouble. Just install ssh on your phone and connect to any box with lynx/elinks/etc.

Works like a charm and is real snappy over any wireless connection.

If you are short of a box to ssh into, sign up for any of the providers of free shell accounts.

There are of course also a lot of native text only browsers like Instabrowser if you prefer an app. Then there are browsers using compression and proxies like Opera Mini.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by vram22 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @03:44PM (#17795842)

>sign up for any of the providers of free shell accounts

Recommendation?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by vram22 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @03:43PM (#17795840)

>Just install ssh on your phone

Which ssh app would you recommend?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by crasch4 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @08:52PM (#17797064)

https://termux.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites? by vram22 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:39PM (#17813574)

Thanks.

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