> > it converts HTML files to plain text. Maybe you should try to get its
> >source to see how
> >to fix LYNX.
Lynx is not broken. It's handling of tables has always been minimal.
This has caused much argument, but some issues with tables are that:
- they tend to require side scrolling in many cases, which only works well
when the browser and display are on the same machine;
- correct formatting of tables requires two passes, whereas Lynx displays the
page as it goes (if you look at NS or IE you will find that nothing happens
for a long table and then it all suddenly appears);
- the most common use of tables is not their intended purpose, but to
layout the different parts of a document - this is likely to produce
very narrow columns or width overflows in a text only browser.
There are a couple of text only browsers that get regularly mentioned on this
list which do attempt to format tables.
Accessibility guidelines require a pre-formatted version of tables where
the result of ignoring the markup is not acceptable. There are some other
requirements, but Lynx does recognize tables and implements these.
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