Really, you can render the framebuffer into an X terminal session? That is not possible, is it? Or is there some other port besides the GTK port, that you're referring to?
Everybody knows this is for Framebuffer...
Well, I for one didn't. I clicked through thinking it might be a console web browser like lynx, and wondering how it would be graphical. "Command line" is not a good descriptive term.
Looks like a neat lightweight browser, though. I've been stuck with lynx on a linux virtual console enough times to want this. :)
So the situation is, I don't have X, but I do have a mouse attached? That happens a lot...
Every project has some shortcomings, and everyone makes some mistakes. They're not personal or fundamental criticisms, and nearly everyone here (myself included) seems to see value in the software.
I spend most of my day ssh'ed into one box or another, writing code in vim, so being able to run NetSurf would be a huge improvement over links, which is what I currently use.
You could, instead, try ssh's X forwarding feature or maybe use something like VNC to display X applications on you local machine. Then you could run any browser that uses X.