Using Lynx On Windows XP
Understanding what the engines see is really important. But it’s also important to know how accessible a site is for non-traditional browsers.
Lynx is the answer for all of this. It’s a straight text browser. The problem is that the versions I’ve seen before were all DOS command line. Well, I just came across a nice Windows XP version here:
http://csant.info/lynx.htm
You can download it at the bottom of that page from the link:
Lynx 2.8.5rel.1 installer (1.68MB)
Here’s a good page of beginner commands:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/%7Epurslow/lhfb.html
The one that you need to know is, when Lynx opens, to type in a web address, the command is ‘g’ and then the address.
And if you are really into it, here’s a good page that goes into more detail:
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~kennethkwok/lynx/