Date: 11 Jun 2001
From: Heimo Claasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Browsers.
Harry Weston wrote:
> ... I have just got Lynx working
> on both my Linux and Win. boxes ... Only
> problem so far is that I have not managed to alter the backgroubd colour to
> suit my particular vision defect.
Nor did I ever to get this fixed with whatever edition of DOS or Linux
Lynxes (hey - I didn't *know* that there was one for Win$ !): For some
absolutely myterious reasons none of the Lynxes likes to have the
background colour set to whatever different from their default values.
And that since the first Herc-able most primitive version.
I would prefer the black-ON-white from the old Herc/TTL screen, with
inverted tags and inverted+highligted "under cursor" tags. (I'm [short]
sighted but this seems to be a good analogue to Braille/speach rendering
too.) Not done. Bizarre.
The later Linux-Lynxes (haven't got the "dev"-No. under the eyes,
but from say, mid-'2000 on, and Doug Kaufman's 386+ Lynx for DOS) do
quite a good job with "secure" (SSL) www-connections too. This is
essential, as some rather basig day-to-day services, like post and bank
offices, are physically closed down (thanks to all the Thatcherites of
this globe) and will be attainable for remote-living/handicapped/poor
people only via the web any more.
// Heimo Claasen // <hammer at revobild dot net> // Brussels 2001-06-10
The WebPlace of ReRead - and much to read ==> http://www.revobild.net
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