Re: LYNX-DEV lynx on www.microsoft.com

[Laura Eaves]

> Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 17:28:33 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Klaus Weide <address@hidden>
>...
> By the way (not related to comment parsing) that page is a good example of
> why I decided not to enable Fote's mods for suppressing numbering of links
> that cannot be selected because there is not anchor text.  Without those
> numbers shown, there is no indication that the user is missing something
> even after he/she has managed to overcome the comment problem.  When the
> numbers are shown (of course this requires that "Links are numbered" is
> set), there is a hint and the user can then try to follow a link by number
> or invoke the LIST screen.

I agree these links should be numbered.  I've actually seen several pages
with unselectable links (links with no highlighted text).  The only way I
know they are there is by the [numer] -- and the only way to select them is
ty typing the number.

Since the parsing error recovery went in, some of these "invisible links"
have gone away.  (Either this is due to the error recovery,  or the page
owners have updatead their pages...)  In any case, I think these links
should still be numbered.
--le

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