Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Lynx

Lynx is the best-known text-only browser. It has been around since the beginning of the Web and has been updated to include support for tables, forms, and even JavaScript. Lynx is useful to developers for testing a site’s basic functionality in a non-graphical environment. This is important to ensure accessibility for visitors with disabilities who may be using Lynx with a speech or Braille device.

Lynx is not kept current for all platforms, so you may find only a beta or out-of-date version. Another alternative is to view your page in a Lynx emulator online at http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html.

The Extremely Lynx page (http://www.subir.com/lynx.html) is a good starting point for finding developer information for Lynx.

Tip

An excellent resource for tracking browser releases and history is Browser News (http://www.upsdell.com/browsernews/).