Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 23:57:31 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 6 Jan 1996, Adam Gaffin wrote:
> > It was kinda cool, and it had everything you could ask for, except
> > that it was all Netscape click-and-drool. Keyboard equivalents simply
> > don't exist in modern browsers, and it'll probably be quite a while until
> > they do. Now, I have no problem using a mouse, but I don't want to be
> > FORCED use a mouse to navigate the messages in a newsgroup-type-thing.
>
> One word: Lynx. It's the great all-keyboard, all-the-time browser,
> and you can even use it to read Usenet, if you want (although I'll
> still take tin over it for that purpose). Now if only we could make
> Web designers ensure their sites were Lynx Enhanced :-).
I often use Lynx for a quick jaunt to some text-based site, but
Netscape is better if you have enough bandwidth that you don't have to
wait very long for the graphics.
Thing is, I'm not sure if Lynx can handle the types of forms that
The Well has implemented....
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