Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 01:12:45 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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To: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
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Subject: Re: [opendos] opendos download with lynx
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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:

Ahhh, I think you'll need the X interface, I think netscape uses strictly
a graphical interface even when writing text, this allows it to fully
control the HTML translation. 

Instead, get the latest upgrade to Lynx, I believe it supports secured
forms for credit card use.  Not wanting to use a credit card on the net,
(namely because I have none, much happier like that), I've never used a
secure form, but I have noticed that an error message disappeared when
GNOFN upgraded, the error mostly happened when I hit a page which have a
credit card space in it.  Couldn't even use the page for sending a comment
because of the 'bad html'.

Oh.  GNOFN has Lynx 2.6.something.I'm.not.sure

> Collin,
> Thanks much for checking this out.  We have lynx 2.6 over here and
> may end up with lynx 2.6fm before much longer.  A question I have about
> netscape on unix is whether when that runs can it do so in text mode or
> is an X interface required?  If you want to order stuff on the net
> and use your credit card it would be nice to
> be able to access the secured areas when doing that.  Perhaps in a future
> version of lynx the developers will add that feature.