- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:52:17 -0500 (EST)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: Tina Marie Holmboe <tina@elfi.elfi.org>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Kynn Bartlett wrote: > At 11:55 PM +0100 12/26/01, Tina Marie Holmboe wrote: > > It's not THAT hard to figure out that Lynx doesn't MAGICALLY become > a good browser just because other browsers also suck! I don't anyone says Lynx is a "good" browser however you define "good" > The old rules are limited, however, and are based on an understanding > of the web when the web was 5 years younger. is anything magical about the "5 year" line you keep drawing??? I have been using what passes for the internet since 1975 (Univac 1108 mainframe) we've come a long way but while I doubt we need to support that old Univac where do we draw the line at what we support. > Once again -- why am I continually having to disclaim my statements? > -- Lynx isn't a bad application for what it does, and I like it and use > it regularly, but it's at best a limited HTML viewer. Why are so many > people afraid of facing the limitations of this particular sacred understanding the reasons for the limitations is more important than any particular browser. I personally would set a standard more performance based. as a trial balloon and I am sure I am overlooking something whatever this baseline is should be able to be viewed by . any 8086 computer or higher, running any version of Dos. . any Mac OS . any comparable "command line" OS . free, public and supported . not require a PPP connection to the web ???? too basic ??? Bob ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail accessys@smartnospam.net NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, engineers NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil right *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# THIS message and any attachements are CONFIDENTIAL and may be privledged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, Please notify the sender as soon as possible. Please DO NOT READ, COPY, USE, or DISCLOSE this communication to others and DELETE it from your computer systems. Thanks
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