# What do you guys recommend to surf the web? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 12, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745 "2007-04-12T00:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/1 "2007-04-12T00:11:13Z")
I starting learning how to use sockets but a lot of people are complaining why I don’t use something else so I was wondering which is another way to surf the web? Remember I want a fast way to surf the web, ideally a way as fast as a socket. ---
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/2 "2007-04-12T00:15:05Z")
Hey Y. wrote: > I starting learning how to use sockets but a lot of people are > complaining why I don’t use something else so I was wondering which is > another way to surf the web? Remember I want a fast way to surf the web, > ideally a way as fast as a socket. A web browser? ---
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/3 "2007-04-12T00:16:44Z")
Drew O. wrote: > Hey Y. wrote: > > > I starting learning how to use sockets but a lot of people are > > complaining why I don’t use something else so I was wondering which is > > another way to surf the web? Remember I want a fast way to surf the web, > > ideally a way as fast as a socket. > > A web browser? > No. I mean like an http client like Net:HTTP or something. ---
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/4 "2007-04-12T00:35:56Z")
On 4/11/07, Hey Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Net::HTTP is the standard. RFuzz also comes with a pretty good HTTP client. I think there is one called Net::Simple or Simple::HTTP too. ---
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/5 "2007-04-12T00:52:57Z")
> No. I mean like an http client like Net:HTTP or something. open-uri and mechanize work quite nicely. - donald ---
**Author:** ![r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@r3madi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/r3madi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-guys-recommend-to-surf-the-web/91745/6 "2007-04-12T09:25:34Z")
On 12.04.2007 00:11, Hey Y. wrote: > I starting learning how to use sockets but a lot of people are > complaining why I don’t use something else so I was wondering which is > another way to surf the web? Remember I want a fast way to surf the web, > ideally a way as fast as a socket. I think you should probably read some introductory material on networking, sockets in particular and HTTP before you go on with this. I have the feeling that you still have some misconceptions about these terms. You’ll find plenty of stuff on this on the web, try wikipedia for a start. My 0.02EUR Kind regards robert