From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 8:31:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from schmoo.tclme.org (schmoo.tclme.org [208.24.53.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FCFA37B718 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:31:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgreene@tclme.org) Received: (qmail 7925 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2001 16:29:39 -0000 Received: from dinky.tclme.org (HELO tclme.org) (rgreene@208.24.52.135) by mail.tclme.org with SMTP; 28 Feb 2001 16:29:39 -0000 Message-ID: <3A9D28FA.F88353B0@tclme.org> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:36:10 -0600 From: Bob Greene Organization: TclMe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Duraid Cc: Alex Charalabidis , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: web site: ms vs freebsd References: <3A9A70D5.DFC4F6D6@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well... I use Lynx almost daily. At a client site, I can't always get a GUI, but I can use lynx from any terminal. I also use Pine when I have to for the same reason. Duraid wrote: > > Lynx... hmm... that's what freebsd is all about. > isn't it a downside too not taking advantage of new features... there is > always a compromise > > and also how many users use lynx now a days.. really how many? > > Duraid > > Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > > > > > > > that can be done too ... > > > > > > Microsoft's web site use to gak on Internet Explorer... That > > > paticular problem has been fixed. But try looking at it with Lynx. :) > > > > > We have enough real ammuntion for MS-bashing without being unreasonable. > > Apart from the typical widespread omission of ALT tags, Microsoft's > > website has always been a damn sight more navigable with Lynx than many > > others. In fact, the difference between MS and FreeBSD's web sites is > > not all that great when viewed under Lynx. > > > > -ac > > > > -- > > =================================================================== > > Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies > > 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 > > Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. > > =================================================================== > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Bob Greene rgreene@TclMe.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message