Posted by andrew on 04/04/07 12:55

Hi,

I have been working on a simple linux page:

http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/linux.html

when someone from a linux ng congratulated me because the formatting of
this page didn't break up using Lynx. I installed and then grew to
like Lynx (a little!!) but I noticed that it quickly revealed gaping
holes in some web pages: they become impossible to navigate using Lynx
usually because of the complexity of their layout and the poor quality
of the HTML.

So my questions would be:

1.Could checking a site with Lynx be an 'acid' test of its HTML, not
just its 'accessibility'?
2.How many people actually use it to check their pages?

I read the following page:

http://www.deaflibrary.org/accessibility.html

and found what I thought was an illuminating quote:

> As with the general rules of accessibility, you should assume Lynx is
> your lowest-common denominator and write your site so that it is
> Lynx-accessible,


Thanks for any thoughts,

Andrew

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