Post AxQO3MJnrfc7eheEVM by danyork@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AxQO3MJnrfc7eheEVM by danyork@mastodon.social
2025-08-22T10:07:51Z
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@ChrisWere Ha! Are modern websites even usable with lynx? Many seem to rely on so many components that I wouldn’t think would work well in lynx. (Admittedly, I haven’t fired up lynx in probably 20 years, other than a few random times to show someone how the web looked in the early 1990s pre-Mosaic)
(DIR) Post #AxQO3NWFOtA7NaTgXY by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2025-08-22T10:08:38Z
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@danyork @ChrisWere Mastodon Web interface certainly does not work with lynx.
(DIR) Post #AxQOQYNlB5DHjOYhJg by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2025-08-22T10:12:53Z
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@danyork @ChrisWere For some sites which do have problems, it is not always because they use "advanced" techniques but also because of plain mistakes. For instance, https://www.internetsociety.org/, with its alt="alternate" everywhere...
(DIR) Post #Axek2DOOU3VGt45sMS by danyork@mastodon.social
2025-08-29T08:20:54Z
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@bortzmeyer @ChrisWere DOH… I am now going to have to install lynx to look at our site!
(DIR) Post #AxeoDdnh2UZVnBdBoW by jpmens@mastodon.social
2025-08-29T09:07:45Z
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@bortzmeyer indeed, and in the particular case of internetsociety[.]org, w3m(1) produces the more pleasing experience.// @danyork @ChrisWere