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> From: Dave Whelan[SMTP:dwhelan -at- PANGEA -dot- CA]
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> Actually, the reason I replied to this post in the first place was not
> to
> champion text browsers over graphics browsers, but to ask a question.
> When I
> code HTML, I use a text editor and check the code using different
> browsers.
> I used to use the freenet Lynx to check my code in a text browser, but
> recently the local freenet closed down. I have not managed to
> successfully
> install a Lynx browser compatible with Windows 95 on my PC, has anyone
> downloaded and successfully installed and used such a browser?
>
Prompted by your question, I checked -- there IS a version of Lynx for
Win95 and WinNT! (as well as for DOS, VMS, OS/2, and many flavors of
UNIX). Go to
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)