Posted by Kim Andrι Akerψ on 06/28/05 22:09
jl wrote:
>
> "Travis Newbury" <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1119980645.100955.80230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > jl wrote:
> > > If anyone knows of any entertaining or useful ways to use the
> > > Lynx browser at the command line or in Perl, can you post them
> > > here?
> >
> > Anyone that knows of fun and entertaining things to do with lynx
> > should probably be more interested in figuring out why their
> > girlfriend is made of plastic...
>
> I wouldn't use Lynx for browsing websites... but it's a fast and easy
> way to get all the text and links out of a webpage (including alt
> text). I think it's quite useful.
Actually, I use Lynx myself when creating a new website, simply to
check what it looks like in the "real thing" (and not just using the
User Mode feature in Opera).
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