What is Lynx (web browser)?
{{Infobox web browser | name = Lynx | logo = | screenshot = Lynx-wikipedia.png | caption = An older version of the normal English article displayed in Lynx | collapsible = | author = [[Lou Montulli]], Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac | developer = {{ill|Thomas Dickey|WD=Q7788970}} | released = {{Start date and age|1992}} | discontinued = | programming language = [[C (programming language)#ANSI C and ISO C|ISO C]] | operating system = [[Unix-like]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=H.|title=Lynx Installation Guide|url=http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/breakout/INSTALLATION|website=lynx.invisible-island.net|date=24 April 1999}}</ref> [[DOS]], [[Windows]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/index.html |title={{sic|Lynx|2.8.8|nolink=yes}} |last=Dickey |first=Thomas |date=11 September 2015 |website=lynx.invisible-island.net}}</ref> | ver layout = stacked | engine = [[fork (software development)|fork]] of [[libwww]] | platform = <!--Exactly which?--> | size = | language = [[English language|English]] | genre = [[Text-based web browser]] | license = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2]] | standard = | AsOf = }} '''Lynx''' is a customizable [[text-based web browser]] for use on cursor-addressable character cell [[computer terminal|terminals]].{{sfn|Rakitin|1997}}{{sfn|Legan|2001}} {{As of|January 2019}}, it is the oldest web browser still in general use and active development,{{sfn|Davies|2012}} having started in 1992. ==History== Lynx was a product of the Distributed Computing Group within Academic Computing Services of the [[University of Kansas]].{{sfn|Paciello|2000|pp=154-155}}{{sfn|Legan|2002}} It was first created in 1992 by a team of students and staff at the university ([[Lou Montulli]], Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac) as a [[hypertext]] browser. It was used only to distribute campus information as part of a ''Campus-Wide Information Server''. It was also used for browsing the [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher space]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin|2|inden