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because it's crap like this added to browsers that is untenable. We're being "herded" into what "they" want. The more I use uzbl-tabbed as a browser, the more I really like it. It does one thing well, following in the UNIX tradition. If you are on a *nix-based OS, check it out.

Uzbl - Web Interface Tools

Perhaps Uzbl (https://www.uzbl.org/) will finally get some more love. I've been wanting to use it, but never bothered with the steep learning curve. I think one day of browsing the ad-ridden internet will convince me to convert. If I can't download whatever media or image a page is displaying then I'm not using that browser.

I wonder if Mozilla got any kickbacks to not create a better add-on API or if they were just lazy.

Edit: Not sure how I screwed up the link but I fixed it.

If you want a browser following the unix-philosophy, you want to go with http://www.uzbl.org/

But then again, Linux (not GNU/Linux) and X also do not follow the Unix philosophy ...

I present to you, uzbl

Here you go.

It's time for someone to make a browser that does nothing but render HTML.

http://uzbl.org/

been done bud: http://www.uzbl.org/

"Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it poorly. " Fortunately, there's a browser for those of use who do understand UNIX.

"Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface."

http://www.uzbl.org/

While I'm also a Firefox (Iceweasel) and Vimperator user, you might want to try uzbl, it supports VIM and Emacs-like UI/keybindings but uses the Webkit engine.

Easy to do with a browser like uzbl.

Want a browser that tries to follow the Unix way? Check this out!

http://www.uzbl.org/

No mention of Uzbl, the command line operated browser?

I actually loaded this summary just to see if anyone mentioned uzbl.

You can hide the only visible UI element - the status bar - by pressing t, which makes it great for web apps. With no browser chrome and no unnecessary features, you get a nice almost-native feel (or as close as you're likely to get with a web app, anyway).

No mention of Uzbl, the command line operated browser?

Why can I do so many things from a little text terminal, but I can't easily script the behavior of my web browser without special add-ons?

Tried uzbl? Also, you don't need any addon to make a Firefox addon. Greasemonkey simplifies the process, but it's not required.

If you want a fully customisable browser, maybe you would be interested in Uzbl, the web-browser that is built around the Unix software philosophy.

Given how bloated Emacs is, you're more likely to be able to get Firefox for Emacs.

You jest, good sir, but I have been toiling on just such a foul creation. They said I was crazy, but could a crazy person really embed the Uzbl web browser into Emacs? NO! Those cowards were merely afraid of the infinite power I would wield by putting a browser in Emacs. Think, then, of their horror when they learn that someone put an Emacs clone in the browser.

Behold, the fruit of my demonic labors: Ymacs in Uzbl in Emacs. IT'S ALIVE!!!

Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Or you can switch to this instead, which makes more sense: Uzbl

This rocks, though. My laptop stutters when I have Pidgin, Firefox and Thunderbird running at the same time; I hope that I will see a much smoother X performance with this next version.

Not to troll, but I had a similar experience that I fixed by uninstalling Firefox in favor of Midori, although it looks like I may be giving this Uzbl thing mentioned in another article a spin shortly. I'm not sure whether there's legitimacy to the Firefox devs' complaints about X, but I don't really care if there are browsers out there that don't bring my whole system to a halt to load a webpage.

Here you are:

http://www.uzbl.org/

It's webkit...and that's about all, out of the box. Enjoy.