Usability straight out of the box
How painless is first-time use?
A text-based web browser will probably not be something you base your online life around. For this reason, you’ll need to get started quickly without too much configuring. So what do you need a textbased browser for, anyway?
Mostly, you want to be able to use it for finding answers to pressing questions about what you’re doing right now. Using a form, and reading advice and help from your peers is one way of doing that. A quick search using your favourite search engine is a necessity, so filling a form and getting the result back is crucial. To be able to stay on the command line, you must also be able to find the results.
Showing the results on the terminal can be confusing when frames and columns aren’t well supported. Some of these browsers support these elements better than others. You can save a lot of scrolling if your browser gets this right.