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Lynx is a lean, efficient, fast-to-compile, low-dependency browser - and has the fewest open defect reports of any major browser. I'm not sure the metrics you
by michaelt 2y ago
Lynx is a lean, efficient, fast-to-compile, low-dependency browser - and has the fewest open defect reports of any major browser.
I'm not sure the metrics you propose capture what makes good software good.
- tjr 2y agoWould you say that Lynx is not good software?
- shiroiushi 2y agoAbsolutely: "good software" has to be useful for its intended purpose. Lynx may be well-written, but it's useless if you want to do most things on the modern web: it just isn't capable of doing them. If you want to use a web browser to, for instance, use your bank's web interface, a buggy browser that can do this is infinitely more useful than a non-buggy browser that simply doesn't have the technical capacity to do so.
- tjr 2y agoIs the intended purpose of Lynx to access the "modern web"?
- bravetraveler 2y ago+1 it worked well when I required it, eg: reading manuals while recovering a system that lacked a GUI