Re: [Lynx-dev] A new and intense error, 426?

[Karen Lewellen]

honestly?
Anyone recall that NY Times writer who suggested lynx as a tool for 
individuals wanting a lower graphics experience?
Like people who do not want to use up lots of data?
I f I can find the story again, I am going to get in touch with them and 
see if we can raise the pr a bit for lynx.
Speaking personally, that is part of the problem, fortified by people like 
Google indicating that only hackers turn off  JavaScript.



On Wed, 20 Oct 2021, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Karen Lewellen dixit:
>
> > Anyone come across this one yet?
> > You have a link to follow, and you reach a page that says
> > error 426 upgrade required.
>
> Yes, yesterday in fact.
>
> > My personal experience is that  it locks lynx, I cannot back arrow, or abort
>
> This is really bad. But pressing Control-C worked for me, it
> aborted lynx (though that would also prevent writing cookies
> I think). The normal method of aborting a request with ‘z’
> indeed failed.
>
> Any better solution/fix?
>
> Thanks,
> //mirabilos
> --
> If Harry Potter gets a splitting headache in his scar
> when he’s near Tom Riddle (aka Voldemort),
> does Tom get pain in the arse when Harry is near him?
>         -- me, wondering why it’s not Jerry Potter………