Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?

[Philip Webb]

980330 Larry Virden wrote: 
> If lynx starts shipping with code to make it easy to lie about the
> type of browser it is, and with code that is technically illegal to
> ship from the US, you can be sure that a number of folk will drop off
> this list as well as quit supporting and recommending lynx as a browser.
 
fully understood, but in that case surely you should demand
that the option to change the user agent should be deleted from Lynx:
that makes it easy enough for dissemblers already.

however, the point at issue is whether -- given the option is there --
it makes any further difference if Lynx allows it to be saved in  .lynxrc ,
to which no-one has yet given a rational answer.

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