Re: Links browser, was lynx - not all sites readable
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 04:47:01PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi Dutch,
> Still, that brings up two questions of my own regarding links.
> first, does the browser still not accept cookies?
I'm not sure of your definition of "accept," but in the general sense links does
not store and set cookies. This post [1] seems to make a distinction, though,
between persistent cookies and volatile cookies.
> and second, what is the comparative solution to Hans' forbidden site
> problem?
I had no problem visiting nvidia.de/Treiber with links.
> I do not know if I can alter the send user agent command in links.
links -> setup -> Network options -> HTTP options -> Header options
[1] https://superuser.com/questions/478633/links-cookie-location
>
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Dutch Ingraham wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:47:14AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > Links is no longer updated,
> >
> > Where did you get this information? As far as I can see, links was updated on
> > July 1, 2016.[1][2] Does that qualify as "no longer updated"?
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser)
> > [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/links/
> >
> >
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