Re: [Lynx-dev] Why Won't this Site Work in LYNX?

[David Woolley]

On 02/05/2022 23:22, Chime Hart wrote:
> I would rather access this in L Y N X as I better understand how to save 
> files. I also want to run this story through rdrview. I've also just 
> tried the main site, same result. Thanks so much in advance.

That may well be the problem.  Unfortunately Lynx has a reputation for 
being used for grabbing content, which site owners will often treat as 
information theft.  It is possible that the Links user agent is being 
treated as an online reader.

Accessing it on Firefox, it seems to be very bandwidth hogging, as it is 
continually fetching multiple files, even you are not doing anything. 
It wouldn't surprise me if it normally constructs pages on the fly, in 
the browser, but has a fall back mode for text browsers it considers 
safe.  It was updating so much that I couldn't really get at the key 
files to see if the real contents was Ajax data.

You might want to try using Links' native user agent string.  The 
standard fake strings may make it assume you are using an Ajax platform.