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Google Ends Support for Lynx Browser

102 points zhenyi | 2 comments | 10 Sep 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Accessing google.com in Lynx now shows:

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ryao ◴[10 Sep 25 20:49 UTC] No.45203473[source]▶
I wonder to what extent visually disabled internet users are affected by this, since I can imagine at least some of them using lynx with an on-screen reader for a terminal emulator.
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bitpush ◴[10 Sep 25 21:28 UTC] No.45204059[source]▶
What's the advantage of using lynx as opposed to Chrome/Safari and using the read aloud features?
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1. ryao ◴[11 Sep 25 00:30 UTC] No.45206120[source]▶
Ask someone who is visually impaired. I know that they historically use browsers that do not support JavaScript. I also am acquainted with one developer who uses software for reading his terminal outloud, although I never asked the specifics of what he uses for web browsing or IRC for that matter. I do know that he loves the iPhone.

That said, I just found this post by a blind person who uses Lynx and complained about it the last time Google broke Lynx support:

https://blind.guru/blog/2019-11-25-endofgoogle.html

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2. tdeck ◴[11 Sep 25 14:20 UTC] No.45212040[source]▶
That may have been true decades ago but I think this is pretty marginal these days. All the Blind people I have talked to use mainstream browsers. GUI browsers actually provide more metadata to screen readers than something like Lynx can, and they actually work with websites people need to access.