Its because google used to actually support lynx, as a browser.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2025, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
On 2025-10-08 Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
Actually, you may simply specify the "useragent" variable as "" - i.e. two
double quotes and nothing else. You may also specify it as "blah" or any
other absurd value ;). The important thing is the double quotes - they must
be present. If you use the options menu, remember to tick the box, "Save
options to disk: [ ]".
Now I note that if I specify, e.g.
useragent="Lynx"
i.e. Lynx with an upper case 'L', in the ~/.lynxrc then Google does NOT work.
If I specify
useragent="lynx"
i.e. with a lower case 'l', then it does work.
(Always remember the double quotes)
It is all rather weird. I have no idea what goes on behind the curtains.
But with this information, you should all be able to make it work.
Regards,
Morten
