How does one turn the sound on in lynx?
Ron Marriage wrote:
> Actually lynx isn't bad for what it is designed for.
> For people who are blind or otherwise disabled, lynx is
> super. It works with audio output where browsers like links
> or netscape read line by line, so if a page has three
> columns, the blind user gets the first line of all three
> columns read to them, then the second line of all three
> columns. Lynx doesn't do that.
> Sighted users also like that they don't have to mess with
> graphics, flash, java banner ads, etc.
> If all you are looking for is information then you can't top
> lynx for speed and usability.
> Think about it this way, why do you care to read all those
> ads and graphics just to download a file. How many times
> have you sat through a flash animation or downloaded a huge
> graphic just to see the option, "Click here to Enter."
> <grin>
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> It's like the Mounds and Almond Joy jingle.
> Sometimes you feel like a graphic, sometimes you don't.
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> Ron
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>>Ah, text browsers! Lynx sucks *BIG* time. links or w3m are *WAY* better!
>>They even support frames and tables and such. Actually I wonder why lynx is
>>still in Mandrake... Oh, (X)Emacs has a builtin browser as well. And the
>>HTML help system in GNOME can also be used to browse the web - although I'd
>>call anyone who actually does this, a little bit nuts...
>>
>>Alexander Skwar
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