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Lynx/GS/Proterm3.1
I was at a local University Library today, and i decided to log onto the
internet from one of their stations. I used a PC running Netscape 2.02(i
believe, 2.something). I telnetted over to my shell account using the
built-in Netscape telnet program (i simply typed
"telnet://northcoast.com" in the URL box). I went into LYnx and was
pleasantly surprised. I don't use Lynx too often because i don't like it
and it seems clunky, so i stick with Cern's LineMode WWW Browser.
Lynx was very different. All hyperlinks were in white text while
the other text was blue, the entire word was highlighted when selected,
so it was clear what link i was about to follow, and when a page prompted
me to fill in a box, such as on a search engine, there was a broken line
(link) and the button that allowed me to submit my text was a link, as
well. I doubt that they updated the version overnight, but I will
certainly check. If not, why does it not look this way from my GS? I
use Proterm 3.1, is there a program available that will allow me to view
Lynx this way? usually i lynx, text is "misplaced" and redrawn in
awkward ways on the screen, it becomes unclear which "link" is selected
after several pages have been scrolled through, as the entire screen
doesn't seem to be re-drawing itself completely, and i can't use the
search engine submit boxes, nor other forms.
Any thoughts? thanx
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