Text-only access to http://www.linux.org

[David Bandel]

On 5/11/07, Man-wai Chang <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:
> > It shouldn't be a matter of ``fooling'' the site, beyond possibly having it
> > determine which CSS to present based on the type of browser connecting.
>
> Could you offer me a user agent string that could make linux.org to
> reply me text-only content? Thank you in advance.

I think you'll find that this is _browser_ dependent, not site
dependent.  If you use a text browser or block images and disallow
javascript, etc., then you'll end up looking only at the text.

That said, I didn't write either the html/xhtml or css for
linux-sxs.org, so have no idea if the alt= tags have been properly
used as substitutes for icons, etc.  Also, sites that allow for text
only should include a way for "frames" (CSS fake frames or real
frames) to be rewritten through judicious use of the skip tag, etc.

But why are you trying to see only text in a graphical browser,
anyway?  No GUI browser will display a page the same way as a text
only browser will.

Please go through a few html/xhtml and css tutorials so you start
understanding how things work rather than having us explain everything
in excruciating detail, or just do what the first reply suggested and
use a text browser (lynx, links, w3m, etc.)

David A. Bandel
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