Re: Lynx, Links, and ELinks



On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:40:24 -0400, Carl <carl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I sometimes find my self needing to use a text based browser to perform
work on remote servers. It seems as though certain websites make
extensive use of javascript in order for me to download files. Because
of this, updating 3rd party drivers (Nvidia in this case) using a text
based browser was nearly impossible due to javascript.

How many of the web developers here make their sites accessible through
text based browsers, or even know if their websites can be traversed
with a text based browser?

Mine is accessible[1], not hard to do -- presenting information and using
markup for presentation effects.

[1] One page uses javascript, form not really usable in lynx unless one
really knows what it's about.

I don't get many hits from text browsers though, and this is likely why
people don't bother these days?

What really annoys me is my ADSL modem's web interface requires a browser
with frames -- how, pray tell, does one access the thing with a text-only
linux box? One doesn't :(

Grant.
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http://bugsplatter.id.au
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