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On 03-07-1998 22:01 Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor) wrote:
>I have Lynx available through a Linux shell account at my ISP. Though I
>haven't used it in probably close to a year, it is handy for doing speed
>searches, since text-based Lynx is probably 50 times as fast as either
>Netscape or Internet Explorer. But even when using Netscape 4 (which I
>have at home) or IE 4 (which I am forced to use at work), I find it very
>annoying to encounter pages where you have to load the graphics in order
>to do anything. It seems that most web designers assume that people
>either 1) just use the web to look at pictures or 2) have to be
>graphically stimulated while looking for information.
