Looks OK with Lynx

Lynx was one of the first Web browsers. It's still under active development, is lightning fast -- and doesn't display images or backgrounds. Lynx is commonly used by power users who don't have time to wait for images to load, people with aging equipment over dialup lines (to FreeNets etc.), and blind users.

Making your page look OK with Lynx doesn't mean making it beautiful -- just usable. This means:

Providing ALT attributes for crucial images
i.e., <img src="..." alt="[Important Image that You Can't See]">
Not depending on support of Java, JavaScript, etc.
Not using frames (a good idea in any case), or providing non-frames versions of your page and
MAKING SURE THEY WORK.
Not depending solely on image maps for navigation. (Providing a text-based menu as an alternative is always a good idea, even for graphical browsers.)
Testing your page with multiple browsers, including Lynx.

Other suggestions for making your page accessible to blind / Lynx users are available here.

If your personal homepage meets the above requirements, you may proudly display the Looks OK with Lynx logo on your homepage. Simply download it here, copy it to your webpage's directory, and insert the following code somewhere on your homepage:

<a href="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa529/oklynx.html"><img src="oklynx.gif" alt="[Looks OK with Lynx]"></a>

Then email me at aa529@chebucto.ns.ca and I will add a link to your homepage on the members' list below.

Current Looks OK with Lynx Members

NOTE: GeoCities users may display this logo and link to this page, but be aware that if I link back to yours you are in violation of GeoCities' WebRing policy. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you want me to link back to your page.

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