Kinda off-topic but if you use Firefox on your mobile, you can install 'uBlock origin'[0] extension which will block pesky, annoying ads and trackers. Not that helpful with text-only sites but very useful with normal browsing. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites?
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#22Metafilter.
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#23This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal. I know it'd probably break several sites... but your average news reading would be hugely improved. I will say that https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ is one of the best community sites I know of. It's very lightweight, looks good, works incredibly fast. As a dev, I'm really impressed.
> This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal. No need to go into any of that trouble. Just install ssh on your phone and connect to any box with lynx/elinks/etc. Works like a charm and is real snappy over any wireless connection. If you are short of a box to ssh into, sign up for any of the providers of free shell accounts. There are of course also a lot of native text only browsers like Ins…
Which ssh app would you recommend?
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites?
#24This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal. I know it'd probably break several sites... but your average news reading would be hugely improved. I will say that https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ is one of the best community sites I know of. It's very lightweight, looks good, works incredibly fast. As a dev, I'm really impressed.
> This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal. No need to go into any of that trouble. Just install ssh on your phone and connect to any box with lynx/elinks/etc. Works like a charm and is real snappy over any wireless connection. If you are short of a box to ssh into, sign up for any of the providers of free shell accounts. There are of course also a lot of native text only browsers like Ins…
Recommendation?
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#25I’m keeping a list here: https://sjmulder.nl/en/textielhandel.html There’s not that much out there, unfortunately.
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> This is where some sort of Lynx-browser-powered-proxy would be ideal. No need to go into any of that trouble. Just install ssh on your phone and connect to any box with lynx/elinks/etc. Works like a charm and is real snappy over any wireless connection. If you are short of a box to ssh into, sign up for any of the providers of free shell accounts. There are of course also a lot of native text only browsers like Ins…
>Just install ssh on your phone Which ssh app would you recommend?
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#29CNN lite: https://lite.cnn.io/en Text Edition of The Christian Science Monitor: https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/text/textedition News aggregator website:Readspike https://readspike.com/
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#30There is also Wiby, the search engine for 'classic websites'. You can only submit a website if it is simple and meets the criteria (not a lot js / css). Whatever you find, add it to Wiby!