Re: question for fichub.net users?

I tend not to try alternate user agents unless I get an understandable 
error.
  I wanted an objective lynx test to be sure it is a uniform, and  very 
very new problem with the browser.



On Sat, 27 Jul 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> have alternate user-agents been tried with any good effect?
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> On Sat, 27 Jul 2024, Rudy Vener wrote:
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>> I visited fichub.net, navigated to Popular Page, and selected For Love Of Magic.
>> After that I was stuck in a never ending loop that landed me on a refresh page that
>> directed me to enable javascript and cookies.
>>
>> This was on
>> Lynx Version 2.9.0dev.9 (01 Aug 2021)
>> libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 1.1.1t, ncurses 6.2.20200212(wide)
>> Built on netbsd9.1 (Oct 27 2021 10:14:17).
>>
>> Rudy
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 01:35:48PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> Memory serves there is at least one lynx user here who downloads works from
>>> fichub.
>>> www.fichub.net
>>>
>>> In fact I believe they are  behind the zip html format provided there.
>>> Recently when I visit the site, and type in a story link for fanfiction.net
>>> I get a minus 9 msg internal error.
>>> There are a few reasons why this might be Shellworld.net, <where the owner
>>> still has not  provided proper ptr and dns address records, might be the
>>> cause.
>>> Its why I want to have another lynx user aware of the site try to use lynx
>>> for  a download.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Karen
>>>
>>>
>>
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