Google recommends I visit this link for the Lynx text browser:
http://lynx.browser.org/
I go there, and I don't see anything that says "download" or "Lynx Text
Browser"....just a link to Lynx 2-8-5. What is this? Is this what we're to
download? If I read on...I see a link that says "current developmental version"
.... and that means what? Nothing is labeled for the user...we just meandor
till we run across it? Well, I click the "current developmental version"
thinking that it will lead me to a clear and easily understood interface to
simply download the Lynx Text Browser. So, I arrive at this page from the link:
http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.6/index.html
Again, the info design is confounding. There's lots of links to various related
issues, but nothing that says anything about the text browser download. Users
don't need a piece-meal web page do they? Please help.
I see a grain of hope when I read "The following v2.8.6 files are available for
downloading"
Why not lable something "Download v2.8.6 here."
Again, I see some hope in a link labeled "the distribution file." That means
what? Is that for the normal family like us to download the browser? The word
distribution makes it sound like it is for something else.
We continue to click around and finally reach:
http://lynx.isc.org/current/
Again, a bunch of links to . . . . various formats??? Formats???
Will we ever see "download the browser here"
Sandra said to click on mirror sites..we do.
Again, lots of links to unvisited sites....nothing for someone simply wanting
to download the browser. So, we click what looks promising, "The primary HTTP
distribution site is http://lynx.isc.org/. "
We click it. Wow! We've managed to make a complete circle. The link took us to:
http://lynx.isc.org/
What a comfort to land right back where the confusion started. All we wanted
was to take the advice of the Google link and improve our new web designing
skills by using the Lynx Text Browser to optimize our sites.
If your site would like to add a text browser to your site for downloading or
using....why not save the runaround and just put a link to this site:
http://www.domaintools.com/
You simply enter the url and wow! There you go....click on the right side where
the text browser is ready and waiting. That will make your site more
usable...by actually making a text browser available.
There's no need to reply
Hope you apply the tip of linking to the other site and then have happy
visitors.
Enjoy the day,
Rob & Family
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