Re: Apple II on the net

[et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)]

 (luddite@ecn.ab.ca) writes:
> Cool. Found an ISP that lets me dial right in to Lynx. Wouldn't exactly
> call it *surfing* but it's a decent crawl around the WWW at least. Now 
> does anyone have a list of text-only sites that are worth seeing?
> 
> -simon
> 
Huh?

There are some sites that aren't accessible with Lynx, those using
Flash and maybe a few other things.

There are more sites that are less than perfect with Lynx, those
that use javascript, or even too much frames (the frames don't
make the sites unuseable, but the way they get dealt with with
Lynx mean that you usually have to follow links to see what's
going on).  Sometimes the sites haven't kept text browsers in
mind, so some of the site is invisible or harder to navigate.

But, most websites can be accessed via Lynx, and most of them
are useable.

The content determines what happens when you get there, and it's
the content that determines a site's value.  If a site is mostly
graphic, you won't see much (though, you can transfer the graphic
file to Lynx at your ISP, and then transfer to your computer where
you can display it).  If graphics is a key part of the site, say
it's full of schematics of the Apple IIGS, then this will be a problem.
But if a site just has plenty of pretty pictures for the sake of
it, then you haven't lost anything.  You'd want to avoid those
sites even if you had a graphic browser.

In August it will be 7 years since I had access to the web,
and I've used Lynx for all that time.  I haven't missed out on
much.  It was only two years ago that I could run a graphic browser,
and I don't bother except in special cases.  I can't be bothered
waiting for the bloated graphic pages to arrive.

   Michael