Last year, I downloaded elinks, a text mode browser, but didn't put any serious use into it until today.

Some features that got my attention was
The downside of text mode is, obviously, no images. But if I want images, it is easy to press a key and have the page punch up in one of my many other graphical browsers. Very happy with it so far, and am actually contemplating using it as my default browser. It is nice not having to be pressing alt and ctrl to get things done. Custom single key mappings is one of the best things in the world.

One other down side is that on a page with many links, it takes some time to scroll through them all with the arrow keys. Luckily, the mouse support makes that a very small issue, but still, I'll want to look into what I can do to adjust that.

Text mode browsers aren't for everyone, but you should give it a try. You never know, you might get addicted. ;-)