Hi all,

        On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, the digest contained:

> ...
> Date:    Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:38:42 -0400
> From:    Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: NON-PD : Web inaccessibility
> ...
> Please, let's not forget in our enthusiasm for the wonders of the web that
> there are many of us who cannot reach them.  Wherever possible, I think  it
> is wise and thoughtful not only to refer people to the websites for
> info--whether about PD or for instructions re: list settings--but to give
> an alternative also.
> ...

        And ...

> ...
> Date:    Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:53:20 -0400
> From:    janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: NON-PD : Web inaccessibility / an offer you can't refuse
> ...
> one of the delights of html, the mark-up language that creates web pages,
> is that it creates web pages out of plain text documents
> and thus web pages are easily saved/converted
> into plain text
> ...

        Another  resource  for  those who don't currently have Web ac-
     cess. And the primary reason is  that  their  "classic"  computer
     doesn't have the "uumph" to handle the bloated, resource-hogging,
     memory-leaking browsers such as Netscape  or  Internet  Explorer,
     there *may* be another option.

        Find a friend who does have the bloated, resource-hogg ... oh,
     heck, ... one of those "other" browsers, and have them  point  it
     to:

                          http://lynx.browser.org/

        Lynx  is a free-ware program that is distributed under the GNU
     copy-left general public licensing agreement.  It is also a *text
     only*  browser -- it doesn't know how to display graphics images,
     sounds, or any other non-text item.  Because it is *text only* it
     is  a  rather small program and can run on those olde ... er, uh,
     ... I mean "classic" computers that don't have quite all  of  the
     "bells  and  whistles"  that, uh ..., "less-classic" computers of
     today have available.

        Once your friend has reached this site, download a copy of the
     version that works on your system, copy it to a diskette, and in-
     stall the system from the diskette on to your home, "classic" ma-
     chine.

        It  ain't quite as snappy, nifty, and neat-o as a full graphic
     browser, but if you really don't need the  pictures,  animations,
     and  sounds  (ask  Murray!),  this is a fully functioning browser
     that can do most everything else.

        I  wish  *I* could help.  But, as a Mac person -- and there is
     no Mac version of lynx available yet -- I  wouldn't  be  of  mush
     help  anyway.   Or, you can still e-mail janet for a text copy in
     e-mail (she's so friendly and helpful :-) )

        If  this  helps  just one user, another one of my book-length,
     nerdy, techno-geek, off-topic posts to the list  will  have  been
     worthwhile.  Take care and grok around the clock ...

Bill--
  ...who sometimes thinks that Chicken Little was right.
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