Browser use statistics -Reply

[Jim Morgan]

Turning the image off is not quite the same as using lynx.  Most browsers
can still do a decent job of formatting text, even with the images off.
Because of vt100 limitations, lynx can do nothing with text except display
it in one font.

Jim Morgan
morganj at iupui.edu


On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Marc Davis wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Dan Lester wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I recommend that people use lynx-friendly techniques, but
> > with GUI web page creation tools it isn't always as "easy" or
> > "automatic" to do so.  And, many simply don't bother.  I don't
> > obsess about it, as our pages are not graphics intensive
> > anyway, and we don't use graphics-only links.
> 
> In addition to the argument posed earlier about accessibility to text
> browsing being disabilities-friendly (which I think is sufficient reason
> for accessible html in and of itself), I think it bears mention that "lynx
> usage" isn't the total measure of text-only browsing.  Anecdotally I know
> that some folks regularly turn off image-loading when surfing,
> particularly at lower modem speeds. 
> 
> My own take is that any graphics should contribute value to the site . . .
> whether that aids in navigation or supplies real content itself or
> tangibly enhances the content. Anything else just wastes bandwidth. 
> 
> But this one picture of my cat (or my library) is just *so* pretty . . . . 
> :-)
> 
> 
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