Recipe 11.11. Testing a Web Site with a Text Browser

Problem

You want to test a web site with a text browser.

Solution

Use an online web tool such as Lynx Viewer (see http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html) that emulates a text browser.

Place a file named delorie.htm, which can be blank, that tells the web application that it is acceptable for the browser to view and render the site through the online service.

Afterward, enter your site's URL and check the results online (see Figure 11-5).

Figure 11-5. A view of a web site through the Lynx Viewer

Discussion

Lynx is the archetypal text browser. Instead of running a web-based emulator, Lynx can be downloaded and installed on PC computers. For more information, see http://www.subir.com/lynx/build.html.

See Also

A brief history of Lynx at http://people.cc.ku.edu/~grobe/early-lynx.html.