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Re: Text based web browser

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Nov 15, 2002 4:22PM

I suggest using Opera. You can configure Opera very easily to give a text
only view.

1. Turn off images
2. Add a user style sheet
3. Ignore table markup

Here are some notes:
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2002-09-REHAB711NC/lec01/slide23.html

Jon Gunderson


At 04:08 PM 11/15/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Anyone know of a good text ONLY web browser? I would like to find one to
>use to assist us in testing sites for accessibility. I was looking at Lynx
>but couldn't find an "easy to install" version. They all require you to
>download your own dos based packet drivers... etc. It didn't sound easy.
>
>I have exactly $0 to spend on this - so it would have to be
>freeware/shareware. And I'm using a Windows operating system.
>
>
>Thanks in advance,
>G
>
>
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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services
MC-574
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University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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