I just installed the #Lynx text-only #browser on my #Mac to check out web scraping:
To do this:
https://bastakiss.com/blog/linux-7/exploring-web-browsing-and-web-scraping-with-lynx-643
I used the series of commands here to do it - including *finally* installing Homebrew:
https://macappstore.org/lynx/
And here's the Lynx browser home page - still being maintained since its original introduction in 1992:
https://lynx.invisible-island.net
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2025-03-02 19:01:16
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