Re: lynx-dev Lynx dev

[Leonid Pauzner]

8-Apr-99 00:04 Jamie Ellis wrote:
> Jamie Ellis
> 21 Alma Street
> Yarmouth
> April 7, 99

> Your advice is required,

> I am president of a rapidly expanding Freenet that is about to serve
> approximately 40 000 people over a 760 sq. mile area. This service, The
> Yarmouth Community Net has been using Lynx as its web server on a linux
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lynx is not a server, it's a client.
> OS for several years now.
> Our arrangement with the Provincial Department of Education limits us to
> providing member clients text based dial up access only (although we do
> have a regular WWW Graphical presense.

> Our members are demanding graphics! 'Text is anachronistic,' I hear. Be
> that as it may, it raises the question, what sort of server side
> improvements can be made to gussy up the appearance of Lynx? We have a
> really strong Technical team who could duplicate any solutions, although
> frankly, they give me the impression of 'what's the point?'
And I do not understand your point either: if you customers really need
graphics manage them slip/ppp connection and let they start GUI browser
at their end, but this is a complitely different technologie,
require a strong user support team and expansion of modem pool/bandwith etc.
So it is up to you to deside whether you want to change something.

> I have always enjoyed your code and browser. It is elegant and fast.
> That ought to be enough. Is there more?

> Sincerely,
> Jamie Ellis
> President YCN