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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: london SUNDAY TIMES
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Scott McGee (Personal) |
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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: london SUNDAY TIMES |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Apr 1997 21:28:22 -0600 |
address@hidden (David Combs) writes:
>
> http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/frontpage.html?1041184
>
>Hey, I just tried to read the sunday times,
>and it said that my browser (which was lynx,
>but how did it know that?) would not work.
>
>Here is what it says:
>
> The Sunday Times
>
> FRAME: [1]/news/pages/standing/shared/bg.n.html?1041184
> FRAME: [2]left
> FRAME: [3]frame2
> FRAME: [4]/news/pages/standing/shared/bg.n.html?1041184
>
> THE SUNDAY TIMES INTERNET EDITION
>
> We are sorry but The Times and Sunday Times Internet Editions will not
> function with your current browser. We have updated our site to take
> advantage of the technological advances that have taken place since we
> first launched in January 1996.
>
> Please either download the latest version of [5]Netscape Navigator or
> [6]Microsoft Internet Explorer which will enable you to access the
> site.
David,
Nothing is really wrong, they have just started using frames. Rather than
try to explain to you that they are using frames, they put the above crap
in the <NOFRAMES> section. Notice the "FRAME:" stuff up there? [3]frame2
is the secret. Select it and you get something like this (I have numbered
links off, so there will be slight differences):
The Sunday Times
FRAME: masthead
FRAME: content
Here you select the "content" frame and you will see your article.
The problem is, rather than figure out how to deliver the desired page in
the <NOFRAMES> section, they just figured anyone who didn't have Netscrape
or Exploiter should get it and do it the easy way for them. What they should
have done is provide a bit of text explaining what is going on, a link to
a navigation page, and a link to the content page. Then, you could have
quickly gotten what you wanted.
Scott
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