Lynx

Lynx is a text-only Web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals.

-It is released as Free software under the GNU General Public License.

-Supported protocols are 

• Gopher, 
• HTTP, 
• HTTPS, 
• FTP, 
• WAIS, and 
• NNTP.

Usage

-Browsing in Lynx consists of highlighting the chosen link using cursor keys, or having all links on a page numbered and entering the chosen link's number. Current versions support SSL and many HTML features.

-Lynx cannot inherently display various types of non-text content on the web, such as images and video, but it can launch external programs to handle it, such as an image viewer or a video player.

-Lynx is also used to check for usability of websites in older browsers.

-It is also useful for accessing websites from a remotely connected system in which no graphical display is available.

-Despite its text-only nature and age, it can still be used to effectively browse much of the modern web, including performing interactive tasks such as editing Wikipedia.

-The speed benefits of text-only browsing are most apparent when using low bandwidth internet connections, or older computer hardware that may be slow to render image-heavy content.

Platforms

-Lynx was originally designed for Unix and VMS and is a popular console browser on Linux.

-Versions are also available for DOS, recent versions run on all Microsoft Windows releases, and Mac OS X.

-There was also an early port to "Classic" Macintosh version called MacLynx "for System 7 and later".


-Ports to BeOS, MINIX, QNX, AmigaOS and OS/2 are also available.