Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx doesn't track use for most sites
> nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com, newyorker.com (and many others) rely > on users' browsers to keep track of the pages they have accessed so > as to limit use. Although lynx keeps cookies, it doesn't run the > script (or whatever it is) that these sites use, thus one can browse > them without limit. And? I'm not sure whether you're citing this as a feature, a bug, or what. Relying on the client to do _anything_ merely because the server asks it to, though, is stupid design. (Unless, I suppose, you don't really much care and are satisfied with "it works in most cases", which may be good enough here.) /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTMLmo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] lynx doesn't track use for most sites
nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com, newyorker.com (and many others) rely on users' browsers to keep track of the pages they have accessed so as to limit use. Although lynx keeps cookies, it doesn't run the script (or whatever it is) that these sites use, thus one can browse them without limit. russell bell ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Does anyone use lynx?
Just adding a real world example from about ten minutes ago. Part of my professional life is as a journalist myself. I have the old google news set as the homepage for lynx here at shellworld. This morning there was a shooting in Maryland, and preferring local sources, I chose an article from the Baltimore sun..being taken to a perfect low graphics edition of the piece with active links for the critical information. I find this more and more with news sources, and believe it can exist in other places as well. General consumers or many of them appreciate just getting the job done, with lynx making this possible. Kare On Thu, 20 Sep 2018, Mouse wrote: dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? Enough that this list is active. Speaking personally, it's the only browser I use. At work, I used to use Firefox, until one day when it decided to "upgrade" itself without even telling, much less asking, me - despite my having turned off every "check for updates" setting I could find - and broke something (I no longer recall what) in the process. That finally pushed me into switching to lynx. Except for two small and easy-to-make changes, which I think I mentioned here, lynx has worked fine for me there. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Does anyone use lynx?
> dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? Enough that this list is active. Speaking personally, it's the only browser I use. At work, I used to use Firefox, until one day when it decided to "upgrade" itself without even telling, much less asking, me - despite my having turned off every "check for updates" setting I could find - and broke something (I no longer recall what) in the process. That finally pushed me into switching to lynx. Except for two small and easy-to-make changes, which I think I mentioned here, lynx has worked fine for me there. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTMLmo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Does anyone use lynx?
Someone should educate that reporter about Lynx and its uses. After all there are still many parts of the world where the broadband required to load major graphics is not available. there is the safety and freedom from heavy graphic dependents too. plus the ease of reading especially on small screen products. Wonder if there is a NY times address for him? What he might not realize is that even large news outlets manage their accessibility requirements, provide transcripts in environments that can use Lynx as a good test criteria. I use it of course, several times a day every day. I do not use it on my desktop directly only because there has not been a pure dos build in a while, although I would pay someone to compile it for me specifically. Kare On Thu, 20 Sep 2018, russellb...@gmail.com wrote: Quoth Gabriel Dragomir: 'dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ?' 'If you're feeling technically adventurous (or nostalgic), some text-only browsers are around. These include Lynx, which dates back to the early 1990s, and the much newer Browsh.' https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/personaltech/browsers-minimize-data.html russell bell ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx updates
It is the only browserr I use. Many blind folk stick with it for its text only approach, ease of use with screen readers and speed. I just got the most recent version, as a mac user it is available in macports or homebrew: Lynx 2.8.9rel.1 On Thu, 20 Sep 2018, Gabriel Dragomir wrote: > hello all, > > dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? > > are updates done for this application ? > > we can promote it as a very hipster style of navigating the web. > > what do you think? > > kindest regards, > > gabriel > > ps turn on tune in drop out > > > [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] > > ___ > Lynx-dev mailing list > Lynx-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev > -- XB m ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx updates
2018-09-20 4:43 UTC+02:00, Gabriel Dragomir : > hello all, Hello! > dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? Sure, Gabriel :-) Have a look at http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/ that hints that sereval persone use lynx. > we can promote it as a very hipster style of navigating the web. It is up to Thomas Dickey to welcome such help. -- This mail was written with browser lynx on web page https://mail.google.com. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Does anyone use lynx?
Quoth Gabriel Dragomir: 'dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ?' 'If you're feeling technically adventurous (or nostalgic), some text-only browsers are around. These include Lynx, which dates back to the early 1990s, and the much newer Browsh.' https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/personaltech/browsers-minimize-data.html russell bell ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx updates
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 05:43:00AM +0300, Gabriel Dragomir wrote: > hello all, > > dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? > > are updates done for this application ? sure - there's always a backlog of bug-reports to investigate see for example https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=lynx If someone posts a fix for those or other issues, I use/adapt the fixes. Otherwise, updates are based on my work to investigate bug reports. (I am working on other programs, with their own backlog). -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] lynx updates
hello all, dear friends, is there anybody using lynx anymore ? are updates done for this application ? we can promote it as a very hipster style of navigating the web. what do you think? kindest regards, gabriel ps turn on tune in drop out ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
