# Test thread with Lynx 2.8.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 10, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513 "2004-02-10T21:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/1 "2004-02-10T21:16:27Z")
I’ve always wondered if [lynx](http://lynx.isc.org) can be used to post on the boards. Let’s find out. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/2 "2004-02-10T21:24:55Z")
Schweet. I bet I’m using the oldest browser on the boards. Well, 2.8.3 came out in 2000, and someone may have a really-old version of IE or Netscape, but this counts, durnit! Plus it’s a little faster, what with not having to load any images and all. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/3 "2004-02-10T21:35:24Z")
Netscape 4.0, baby ! (make: 1997) Looks really bad, though, what with it not recognizing CSS. Glad this is not my usual browser anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/4 "2004-02-10T21:45:03Z")
I’ve been here with Navigator 2.2 on System 7.5, I think. Not to mention AOL 2.7 (old school!). ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/5 "2004-02-10T22:15:23Z")
Yeah, but you’re using them fancy graph-eee-cal browsers, and that makes them more advanced, goldangit! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/6 "2004-02-10T22:43:11Z")
> [@lno](#): > > Yeah, but you’re using them fancy graph-eee-cal browsers, and that makes them more advanced, goldangit! Hrm. I probably should’ve mentioned that I used to dial into the public library and use Lynx that way. Since it was a remote address kind of thing, no prefs were allowed (no cookies, no logging in). I did manage to get into IRC chat, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/7 "2004-02-10T23:41:33Z")
Well, allow me to represent the other end of the spectrum – I’m posting this from my handheld **Treo 600**. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/8 "2004-02-12T04:26:43Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Well, allow me to represent the other end of the spectrum – I’m posting this from my handheld **Treo 600**. > > Peace. Palm Tungsten C checking in here. New toy for Valentine’s Day, built in WiFi. lv ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-with-lynx-2-8-3/228513/9 "2004-02-13T03:13:10Z")
I have used Lynx many times to access the SDMB on 150Mhz and less laptops. (Even a 486/33, shudder.) Works pretty well but the design layout is really poorly done so you have to scroll a lot. (Hint to web page designers: keep it simple.) But I haven’t tried the new version yet. Good to hear it will work.