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Lynx (web browser)

18 bytes added, 02:44, January 8, 2010
not exactly the same, but similar
'''Lynx''' is a plain-text web browser originally developed by the [[University of Kansas]]<ref>http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_browse.htm</ref> as a [[Gopher]] client and released to the public in 1994.<ref>[http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.7/lynx2-8-7/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html#Hist Lynx Users Guide]</ref>. It is designed for use with the [[command line]]. It does not interface with the mouse; keyboard shortcuts (such as in [[VI]]) are used instead to run commands. It does not display images, videos, or CSS. Lynx has been available for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[DOS]] operating systems since 1997. <ref>[http://lynx.browser.org/ Lynx home page]</ref>; another version, a similar browser called '''ELinks''', is available for [[Ubuntu]] Linuxand [[Macintosh]].
Since [[screen reader]]s designed also read only plain text, web developers can use Lynx to simulate how a blind person might interact with their website. A [http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html Lynx Viewer] exists for this purpose.
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