Re: (amd64) Strange browser problem

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011, Paul Goyette wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Aug 2011, Paul Goyette wrote:
>
> > But in response to another suggestion, I installed links-gui package. For 
> > the www.websudoku.com site, it was able to display the entire game-board 
> > (although not sufficiently well to be able to play.)  But it failed to 
> > establish a https session to my D-link WiFi router.
>
> www/dillo also works for the websudoku.com link, but since javascript is not 
> enabled in dillo, many of the game options aren't available.
>
> And dillo doesn't have working https support, so it also cannot manage the 
> WiFi router.
>
> Dillo does, however, display a useable Yahoo search page, and useable 
> search-results page.  Again, maybe/likely due to have JS disabled.

I found a browser that works!  www/epiphany does the job, including 
javascript for my WiFi router.  I'm not really thrilled about using 
epiphany since it brings in so much other gnome-related stuff, but for 
now it seems to be a necessary evil.



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