Re: LYNX-DEV Is this a server or a lynx problem?

[Philip Webb]

980316 Michael Warner wrote:
> 980316 Larry Virden wrote: 
> > When I attempt to access  <URL:http://www.browsercheck.com/> ,
> > the screen clears and lynx reports for me 190 bytes read,
> > but nothing else happens.
> > Anyone know if this is a remote problem or a lynx problem?
> In case anybody's interested who can't get it on their own, here's the
> source for the page in question, accessed with Netscape (I did a little
> re-formatting).  Lynx gets hung up after the first <br> tag.  The HTML
> doesn't look all that bad (interleaved FONT and CENTER, unclosed <b>),
> to my unpracticed eye, so my guess is that whatever's generating the
> "You are running..." message is having a problem dealing with lynx.

i copied MW's HTML to a local file & applied Lynx 2-8, giving the following,
which suggests there's something wrong with the LV's remote server:

                                  [INLINE]
                                      
          You are running the Windows 95 version of Netscape 3.01 
                                      
   
   
                                [1][USEMAP]
                                      
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   All pages, images and underlying code Copyright 1997,
   [2]InfoWest Global Internet Services, Inc.
   All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Windows, MS, Internet Explorer and the
   Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
   Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation in no way endorses or is
   affiliated with this site. All other trademarks are the sole property
   of their respective owners.

References

   1. LYNXIMGMAP:file://localhost/homefs/u7/purslow/lynx/test.html#navmap
   2. http://www.infowest.com/

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