Software for generating a text-only mirror site?

Donald Barclay donaldb at library.tmc.edu
Mon Mar 9 09:37:35 EST 1998


Vladislav, 

Thanks for the suggestion. From what I've gathered, the best solution seems
to be to avoid frames and use ALT= tags.

Donald Barclay


At 08:08 PM 3/4/98 -0800, Vladislav S. Davidzon wrote:
>Lynx is a text web browser which is still very much alive.
>http://lynx.browser.org for more information.  It is available
>for both Unix and Windows, however it does not create web
>pages, as it is simply a browser, not an editor.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Thanks
>
>Vladislav Davidzon
>Technology Assistant, Farmington Community Library
>----------------------------------------------------------
>"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
>Small people always do that, but the really great make you 
>feel that you, too, can become great." -- Mark Twain
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>
>On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Thomas Edelblute wrote:
>
>> At one time there was a text-only Web browser call Lynx, but I do not know
>> if that product is still around.
>> 
>> At 12:22 PM 3/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Is there such a thing as software that will, more or less automatically,
>> >create a text-only mirror site of a graphical website? We'd like to offer a
>> >text-only version of our website for blind users and users with low-end
>> >equipment or connections, but we'd like to do it with the least amount of
>> >effort. 
>> >
>> >
>> >Donald A. Barclay                          always the beautiful answer
>> >Houston Academy of Medicine-               who asks the more beautiful
>> question
>> >Texas Medical Center Library                        --e.e. cummings
>> >donaldb at library.tmc.edu
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> =======================================
>> Thomas Edelblute
>> Systems Librarian
>> United States International University
>> 10455 Pomerado Rd.
>> San Diego CA 92131-1799
>> tedelblu at usiu.edu
>> 
>
>
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