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Lynx
I’ve just downloaded Lynx, the text-only browser. I did it because I was curious. I never thought it would open in a command prompt! I’m not really sure what I expected; possible a normal browser-type window, with a text-box in it.
My site is ok, except for the sidebar - I’d rather not have the list of links if the reader is going to be using Lynx. I wonder how can I can remove it.
This entry was posted on Monday 16th October, 2006 ~ 11.38pm BST and is filed under Computing and is tagged with Internet. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Tuesday 17th October, 2006 ~ 12.25pm BST
I remember using lynx back when the Christians’ invisible friend saw it was good. I’m surprised it’s still being maintained, but it’s a very good browser when all you want is information without fluff.
Wednesday 18th October, 2006 ~ 9.42am BST
And there’s not a pop-up to be seen and you can tell those cookies just where to go. It’s great!
Wednesday 18th October, 2006 ~ 12.38pm BST
Back in 1993, Lynx was the only way I could access the nascent WWW as my only Internet connection was via dialup dumb terminal. Didn’t seem a limitation at the time, though, as everything was text-only and suitable for dumb terminals (elm and pine, tin and nn, archie, ftp, gopher)
Then along came Mosaic. I remember the first website I saw in Mosaic that had images. It was a guide from students at MIT on how to pick locks and it included diagrams! Diagrams on the Internet! It was a watershed moment for me.
That said, Lynx was for a long time (and probably still is, really) the best way to check the true accessibility of the content on your website.