A text-based web browser is a

web browser A web browser, often shortened to browser, is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's scr ...

that renders only the

text Text may refer to: Written word * Text (literary theory) In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothi ...

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s, and ignores most graphic content. Under small bandwidth connections, usually, they render pages faster than graphical web browsers due to lowered bandwidth demands. Additionally, the greater CSS,

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and

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

functionality of graphical browsers require more CPU resources. They also can be heavily modified to display certain content differently Text-based browsers are often very useful for users with visual impairment or partial

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. They are especially useful with speech synthesis or text-to-speech software, which reads content to users. Progressive enhancement allows a site to be compatible with text-based web browsers without compromising functionality to more sophisticated browsers, as the content is readable through pure HTML without CSS or JavaScript.

List of notable text-based web browsers

* browsh *Charlotte Web Browser (for VM/CMS) * Emacs/W3 & EWW for GNU Emacs * Line Mode Browser (by Tim Berners-Lee) * Links ** ELinks * Lynx (and derivatives ALynx and DosLynx) * w3m

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List of notable text-based web browsers

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