Lynx for Win2K

[Andy Mabbett]

With LynxView now being severely crippled, I want to run a local version
of Lynx.

What's the best version for a Win2K machine?

Ideally, in fact, I'd like a Windows programme, with proper windows
dialogues for the setting of proxies, opening web addresses, etc., but
the page visited displayed within a "window" within that programme.


I have to say, the whole Lynx setup is very "geeky" and not very well
designed, from a usability point of view.

 

[Mark R. Blain]

With LynxView now being severely crippled, I want to run a local version
of Lynx.

I think it's great that you care enough to check your web pages to see
how they'll look in text-mode browsers.

What's the best version for a Win2K machine?

Lynx.browser.org points to Frédéric Meunier's Windows port at

Ideally, in fact, I'd like a Windows programme, with proper windows
dialogues for the setting of proxies, opening web addresses, etc., but
the page visited displayed within a "window" within that programme.

A text-mode-only web browser with graphical features is unlikely.

I have to say, the whole Lynx setup is very "geeky" and not very well
designed, from a usability point of view.

Lynx's strength is to run the same on almost any computer, even those
with no graphics. With that restriction I'm amazed it works so well.
There are other text-mode browsers with Windows ports, but Lynx is the
most common so it makes sense to use it for page-design testing.
"2005 Text Mode Browser Roundup"
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8148>