On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:29:36PM -0500, Michael Jackson wrote: > This time with my name and return address; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies for the direct mail, this one not appropriate for list posting. > > Large professional computing institution that provides access to Lynx running > on a Sun at the ISP it uses, has successfully employed a self-fulfilling > prophecy on the popularity of Lynx so that it can pull the plug. (The > institution also provides its members with Pine access and have done the > same there. Lynx is at 2.6. > > Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 (17 Jul 2001) (latest release) > > File that you are currently viewing > > Linkname: How to get your ISP to upgrade Lynx > URL: http://www.trill-home.com/lynx/upgrade.html > > gives some advice on persuading a provider to upgrade but appears to provide > amunition against provider laziness rather than a provider's systematic death- > wish. > > (The main thrust of the large professional computing institution's argument is > that GUI browsers running on members' own PCs has obviated the need for a > legacy web browser link Lynx and that its clung-to only by those who prefer > Unix and text rather than GUIs). (Spot their non sequitur). > > Not expecting you to wave a magic wand, but just wondering whether there is > at least moral support for taking-on those who believe that any person without > disabilities that chooses to run Lynx when they have the option of NS and MSIE, > must be either mad or sad.
sure (but it's hard to argue with someone who thinks their customers are largely pre-literate). -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
