Max Stubbs wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Return to 1mhz computing?

Text-only is the way to go. I remember polling email over dialup/POP,
and it worked just fine. Early web pages, also fine. Once companies got
online, downloading an unoptimized gif file with an image map took a
while.



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Return to 1mhz computing?

Text-only is the way to go. I remember polling email over dialup/POP,
and it worked just fine. Early web pages, also fine. Once companies got
online, downloading an unoptimized gif file with an image map took a
while.

As an aside, if you now try to use a web browser like links to access google.com, instead of getting a text version you get an error message
about needing to update your browser.

This is with using the gui version of links2 on an up-to-date debian box.

duckduckgo.com still works just fine.

There could be some text web browsers that have found a way around that,
but it shows how some companies try to discourage this.

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

As an aside, if you now try to use a web browser like links to access google.com, instead of getting a text version you get an error message about needing to update your browser.

There was a passthrough proxy meant for older GUI browsers - that might
work for text browsing as well?


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By: Mike Powell to KURT WEISKE on Sun Mar 29 2026 10:18 am

As an aside, if you now try to use a
web browser like links to access
google.com, instead of getting a tex
version you get an error message
about needing to update your browser

This is with using the gui version o
links2 on an up-to-date debian box.

duckduckgo.com still works just fine

There could be some text web browser
that have found a way around that,
but it shows how some companies try
discourage this.

Fun fact: You can still successfully
log into and use SomethingAwful.com on
either version of links, and in both
text and graphical mode.


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As an aside, if you now try to use a web browser like links to access google.com, instead of getting a text version you get an error message about needing to update your browser.

There was a passthrough proxy meant for older GUI browsers - that might
work for text browsing as well?

Might well do so. Could fix the issue on my end but doesn't fix why they are doing it. ;)

Mike


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