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Text Based Browsers

Text Based Browsers are the browsers which contains formatted HTML.
All the objects in HTML are represented only via Text format. Text Based browsers does not support any images or visual media files.

Text Based browsers are accessed only using arrow keys,they don’t use the mouse for user interaction. It consists of numbered links to navigate to other pages in web. By following which arrow mark to be pressed or which number key to be pressed these browsers can be accessed easily.

Since they don’t have any heavy content they are rendered very fast than other visual browsers. They are one among the smallest browser as well.
These Text Based browsers are mainly used for visually challenged people.

Examples of Text Based Browsers:

• Lynx
• Links
• Elinks
• DosLynx
• Retawq
• W3m….