Re: LYNX-DEV Finding Lynx

[Scott McGee (Personal)]

Al Gilman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  From: address@hidden (Scott McGee (Personal))
>  
>  I just added a link to lynx.browser.org for people looking for lynx, and then
>  checked it to make sure I typed it right. It worked, but upon reading the
>  page there, it occured to me that someone wanting find lynx for their machine
>  would read the entries there and then likely be left wondering where to go 
> for
>  the sources still.
>  
>  I would like to suggest that an additional list item be added:
>  
>  <LI>To obtain Lynx, go to the Lynx Enhanced Pages site for a 
>  <A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/pages/wsn/subir/lynx.html#toc";>list of download 
>  sites</A>.</LI>
>  
>OK.  So there's one person who didn't decode the import of the
>link at the phrase "runs on."  It that really too subtle?
>
>It was blatant until I came under sevEre pressure to keep it short.

Hmm, OK, I confess, I looked at it in Netscape, and so forgot about the 
desire to limit things to one screen. I apologize!

When I was looking at it, I was in my "Dumb User" emulation mode. I did 
see the "runs on" link, but figured a "Dumb User" would just ignore that 
(as most certainly would! IMHO) so I made the suggestion above. Now, 
having reviewed it with lynx to be sure my idea works, let me ammend my 
suggestion to:

change the line:

<li>A broad range of Lynx information is collected at the <a
href="http://www.nyu.edu/pages/wsn/subir/lynx.html";>Lynx Enhanced
Pages</a>.

to become:

<li>A broad range of Lynx information is collected at the <a
href="http://www.nyu.edu/pages/wsn/subir/lynx.html";>Lynx Enhanced
Pages</a> including 
<A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/pages/wsn/subir/lynx.html#toc";>where
to get Lynx</A>.

which, when rendered would change:

     * A broad range of Lynx information is collected at the Lynx
       Enhanced Pages.

to:

     * A broad range of Lynx information is collected at the Lynx
       Enhanced Pages including where to get Lynx.
 
and not change the display size. I really think that "Dumb Users" need
this level of explicit directions!

Does this seem a little more reasonable?

Scott

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