Re: LYNX-DEV Who else uses Lynx?

[Duncan Hill]

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Wilhelm Reindl wrote:

> I have been really suprised to find the activity going on here.  I looked
> into Lynx because I do all of my internet work from a 286 [powered by
> marine battery, incidentally] dialup UNIX account, which used to make me
> feel more like a screwball than I do now, or is EVERYONE here a screwball
> like me? 

Umm..I think some of us classify..

> Seriously, I can see the attraction for, for example, universities that 
> still have dumb terminals around for student acces on campus.  But who 
> else uses Lynx?  Just curious.

Lesse..blind users.  Users who's PC's won't handle PPP.  Users who have
access to shell accounts.  Those of us who'd rather spend half an hour
getting information, rather than waiting half an hour for an image to
appear.

Duncan Hill
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