15 Minute Series What is Lynx?


In Summary:

Lynx is a text-based web browser that enables a user to see the text of files that are available on the World Wide Web. A user of Lynx is unable to experience the graphics, sounds, video, photographs etc. that are available on the web. Instead of graphics, the user will see either the "ALT" text, or the word [image] if there is not any "ALT" text. Because it does not download graphics, Lynx is generally a fast browser.

Lynx users utilize the keyboard to navigate the screen, using both the arrows keys to move between hyperlinks and other keystrokes to complete actions. Lynx enables a user to access most Internet resources such as Gopher and FTP. In addition, many standard web browser features can be found in Lynx, such as creating a bookmark file and viewing a history list.



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