Re: lynx-dev Opera working on "Super-Lynx" (alledgedly)

[mattack]

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 address@hidden wrote:
>There's a story on Slashdot at the moment about the Opera/X11 nearing beta.  
>The interview with the CEO also makes mention of a text browser that they
>may or may not be releasing as a kind of "Super-Lynx".  
>
>Time for Lynx to starting thinking about slimming down and speeding up?

I have nothing wrong with slimming down and speeding up.  (Actually I don't
really have any speed concerns with Lynx, and I usually use it over at most
a 28.8K modem connection.)  My concerns are mostly "cosmetic" that 
some things don't look good in Lynx, and they're the same ones that 
everyone knows about -- tables, frames.

Anyway, this _almost_ sounds like you're making a "Not Invented Here"
argument.

As much as I like Lynx, if someone else makes a text based browser that
runs on UNIX and works on an 80 * 24 connection that works as well as Lynx
in most respects and better in others, sure I'll use it.

I didn't count to see how many columns wide the graphic of their Lynx-killer 
was, but it seemed to have a nice display.  Seems kind if ironic I needed
to use a GUI browser to get Slashdot.org to not look cruddy... (as UNIX is 
primarily viewed as text-based).. and that their view of the Super Lynx was
an image!