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  1. The conkeror web browser by tamyrlin · · Score: 3, Informative · on One Week: No Mouse, Just Keyboard

    If you aren't on friendly terms with your mouse I would recommend the conkeror web browser. This has saved me quite some hazzle in situations where I either don't have a mouse (my TV computer) or when the mouse is awkward to use (my laptop with a substandard trackpad).

    For those who don't know, conkeror is a web browser based on xulrunner which is designed to be used in an effective manner without a mouse. If you happen to like emacs, you'll probably feel right at home since the keybindings (by default) are inspired by emacs. If you are not familiar with emacs you will probably need some more time to get used to conkeror. However, since conkeror allows you to use a mouse as well if you want to you can adapt to the browser without feeling too handicapped.

    If this seems interesting you can find more information about conkeror at http://conkeror.org/.

  2. Conkeror by djupdal · · Score: 2, Interesting · on 10 Oddly Useful Specialty Web Browsers

    I rarely see anyone mention conkeror, my favourite browser: http://conkeror.org/

    It is the only browser I have tried I can comfortably use without a mouse. Once you learn the emacs-like keybindings, browsing with keyboard is really fast.

  3. Re:vi? by twopoint718 · · Score: 1 · on Meet Uzbl — a Web Browser With the Unix Philosophy

    I've been using Conkeror for a while now and I love it. Even if everything else sucked (and it doesn't) being able to use emacs keybindings in textboxes would make it worth it.

  4. Re:One question by bbtom · · Score: 1 · on Emacs Hits Version 23

    If you were a vi/Vim user, then Vimperator. It's Firefox with the totally rational key-bindings Vim users like me expect.

    Emacs users can use Conkeror instead. This blog post is a pretty neat intro to Conkeror.

    Looks like Conkeror has what Vimperator calls hinting - in Vimperator you hit f or F (for new tab hinting) and it labels all the links on the screen with a number. You type in the number you want and it opens it. M-l does the same in Conkeror.

    One of the nice things I like in Vimperator is that you can write (in JavaScript, thankfully, not VimL) really simple plugins and remaps. There's a plugin you can get which makes it so you can use the :shorten command and it takes the URL of the current page, shortens it through $URL_SHORTENER_OF_YOUR_CHOICE and then yanks (that is, copies to the system pasteboard) the result. Or if you want to yank just the current URL, you can tap "y".

    Firefox extensions that make Firefox like editors almost makes the GUI usable. Vimperator is certainly very cool on a small netbook as it really helps getting all the GUI clutter out of the way.

  5. Re:I dont get it by navyjeff · · Score: 2, Informative · on Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App
    I don't want to trigger a flamewar, but there are two extensions for Firefox that enable keyboard commands to make it just like your favorite text editor/quasi operating system:

    Firemacs
    Vimperator

    or if you want to go the full monty: Conkeror
    (unrelated to a famous red squirrel)

  6. Join the Ratpoison revolution! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Computer Mouse Heading For Extinction

    Ratpoison Window Manager for X windows

    Say goodbye to your rodent right, now. Just download Ratpoison.

    C-t c brings up a terminal emulator
    C-t 0 (screen 0)
    C-t 1 (screen 1)

    Get rid of the rat right now, not in the future. You may also want to download the conkeror web browser to browse internet without point and click as well using only your keyboard.