It is quite easy with html 5 and css3, the modern tools of the web designer, to detect when a lynx browser is being used to access the page and in response present a text version of the site.
best of both worlds b On Jul 2, 2015 11:14 PM, "Toby Thain" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote: > On 2015-07-02 11:10 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 07:01:33PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote: >> >>> My websites tend to be "best viewed with Lynx 2.0", although I often >>> use IE 8. >>> >>> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com >>> >> >> Grumpy old man here as well, but if you want to use certain sites >> (example: price out a new Mazda vehicle, pay certain health insurance) >> they simply will not work without the interactive razzle-dazzle. We >> can moan if we want. And, yes, I have a copy of lynx installed on this >> very machine as a sanity-test of my own websites. >> > > It's almost as if there should be laws around accessibility! > > --Toby > > >> FWIW, the last time I looked at BBC News with lynx (I had confused my >> laptop's X setup in a botched upgrade), man did it load fast :-) >> >> mcl >> >> >
