[–] TheTrigger ago
I get that they are not for everyone, but they can be useful to some
You have no idea how many times lynx/links2 has saved me from having to do a reinstall, because I somehow managed to screw up X and/or display drivers on it. One of the first things that I make sure is installed, on any linux computer that I use, is a command-line browser. :p
I use Icecat on linux and Waterfox on Windows, tbh. Although I might ditch Icecat all-together. It breaks too many websites, in a non-fixable way. With uBlock, Secret Agent, and NoScript on Waterfox— you get the same security anyways, and can easily whitelist websites on a case-by-case basis.
Also, I don't know if you've used a 64-bit Firefox-variant before, but oh boy are they fast; especially this one.
[–] belphegorsprime ago
Hahahah this made me laugh. Sadly, I have reinstalled for similar reasons in the past, before I become more comfortable on the command line. I've mostly messed around with w3m, and you are right, sometimes it can save you from disaster (though these days I usually have an extra device around like a smartphone to look up what I did wrong in one of my config files). I only laugh because I understand the pain.
I will have to try out waterfox. I'm due for a browser change. I remember when chromium wasn't bloatware.