Company
Date Published
Author
Steven Hazel
Word count
240
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Announcing Support for Lynx in the Sauce Labs CloudToday we are extremely excited to announce the initial release of an important browser platform on Sauce: the classic — but innovative — text-based browser Lynx. While Lynx is not as popular as more modern, graphical browsers like Internet Explorer 6, it has a devoted following and a compelling feature set, and we feel it's important that Sauce customers be able to test their web apps in a text-based browser. We have been looking at Lynx as a bold way forward for the web, considering its less-is-more approach represents the future of sustainable web technologies. Lynx likely has the smallest carbon footprint due to its minimal graphics usage, and it offers lightning-fast performance. Additionally, Lynx has advantages for developers: its javascript support is easier to understand with fewer pitfalls than many modern browsers, and its support for key web technologies like Flash and Java Applets was decades ahead of its time. This is why we're extending Sauce Labs' cross-browser functional testing cloud to include interactive and Selenium testing for Lynx, allowing developers to test their web apps against this unique browser.