Re: LYNX-DEV Q: Does lynx now handle Frames ?

[Lloyd G. Rasmussen]

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:42:18 +0200, 
Martin Opitz   <address@hidden> wrote:

>When I go to a Frames page with my lynx version (2.5 Linux) I get an
>"empty" screen because lynx doesn't seem to handle Frame pages. Can
>someone tell me if there are plans that lynx will be able to handle
>them? 

Since Lynx 2.6, released a year ago, frames have been supported.  Lynx 
is currently at version 2-7-1, and you should try and get this or a 
development version.

>My idea would be to use some kind of split screen or so or 
>something like more panels like in "mc" with left & right panel.

This isn't too practical on an 80-character-wide screen, and it would 
have been a nightmare for those of us using screen readers and speech 
synthesizers.  Lynx gives you a menu of the available frames; select 
one and it is displayed, almost like a standalone web page.  I think 
this is a very sensible and productive system for text-based web 
browsing, especially if the authors give descriptive names for their 
frames.


-- Lloyd Rasmussen
Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Section
National Library Service for the  Blind and Physically Handicapped
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