Re: LYNX-DEV New version please

[Alex Sharaz]

On Mon, 19 May 1997 15:45:51 -0400 (GMT+4) Roger Hill <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> On Mon, 19 May 1997, Jim wrote:
> 
> > Dear Sir/Madam,
> > Before I say anything else I'd like to say "WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW - and 
> > indeed Wow"  What an amazing program Lynx is!  I can browse the web and 
> 
> Thank you for your kind words.
> 
> > First and foremost, Our network manager is refusing to update the copy of 
> > Lynx on the university network.  His name is Alex Sharaz and we are at 
> > Hull uni, his email is : address@hidden  According to him there 
> > aren't enough people at the site to warrant an upgrade!!  The reason that 
> 
> That's a bit like the old joke of two shoe salesmen going to darkest
> Africa, two hundred years ago.  The first one cabled home "No good, no one
> wears shoes", the other cabled home "Wonderful opportunity, no one wears
> shoes yet!". 
>  
> Please let him know that Lynx is a phenonmenal browser, that emphasises
> content over fluff; that there are thousands of people all over the world
> using Lynx; that for many blind or sight-impaired people it is their only
> way to access the web; and that it is indeed shortsighted to think that
> GUI browsers are the only game in town.
> 
> Even if he accepts none of these arguments, he should still upgrade. The
> current stable version of Lynx, 2.7.1, supports frames, tables to a lesser
> extent,and colours,  and is in every way superior to the version you are
> using now.
> 
> What has he got to lose? Install time is an hour or less.

Fine it you've got an hour to spare, but at the moment I certainly don't have 
an hour to spare. The person who looks after our Sun Systems has 
already downloaded the latest copy, so if he's REALLY REALLY lucky it may even 
be installed at some point.

alex

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