On 6/20/2015 5:22 AM, Georg Potthast wrote: > Google checks the user agent string the browser returns to determine what > features the browser supports. Then it decides what type of page it sends to > the browser. > > With Dillo the user agent string can be set in the dillorc file. Since it > reports Dillo as the browser Google puts it into the unkown bin and sends a > simple page. > > If you like an even more simple page you can use the link: > http://www.google.com/accessibility/labs/search/ This probably works with > any text based browser. Roberto found this link. > > Ron has a page like this on his disk which he loads to access Google with > Arachne and Links: > > <html><head><title>Ron's Google page</title></head> > <body> > <form action="http://www.google.com.au/search"; method=get name=f> > <input type=text value="" framewidth=4 name=q size=65 maxlength=256> > > <input name=btnG type=submit value="simple Google Search"> > </form> > </html></body> > > Georg
http://www.google.com/accessibility/labs/search reports that it is no longer supported, and if you try to use it anyway, it fails. I tried the Ron's-Google-page simple form approach (although using http://www.google.com/search instead of the Australian page), and it produces blank-page results just like a search from their own page. But the thought about setting the user agent produced some results. It is under Arachne's Options, though I forget which category. At any rate, setting the user agent to Lynx for DOS now produces usable Google search results. Unfortunately this is a global setting and using it means hobbling Arachne's better rendering capabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
