lynx-dev More invalid Lynx help URLs (was: New Network Solutions site and Lynx)

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Bob Izenberg wrote:

> I've heard that the revamped Network Solutions web site
> (http://www.internic.net , which redirects to
> http://www.networksolutions.com) is unviewable with Lynx.  I haven't had a
> chance to check this out for myself yet.

It doesn't look particularly worse than much of the commercial crap
that's out there.  It's more the content that is sickening.  Particularly
if you remember that www.internic.net once was a repository of useful
technical information.  For example the RFC directory under
www.internic.net/rfc/ one day disappeared without a trace or a
redirection.

Which brings us back to lynx: lynx_help_main.html still has a link to
<http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1945.txt>.  That should be replaced
(I use <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1945.txt>).

There are more URLs pointing to internic.net, at least in
Lynx_users_guide.html and lynx_url_support.html.

> P.S.  Let's not turn this into a NetSol bashing thread.  That's going on
> in full color on the isp-tech and other lists.  Tune in there if you must
> see Chuck Gomes smacked around, but please...  Let's discuss Lynx here.
> :)

Since you didn't give us any URL, I wouldn't mind a summary...

As far as I'm concerned, this is just like WebTechs: a once useful site
now replaced by an obscene one.

   Klaus