cannot go to google search results with lynx

[Karen Lewellen]

Brian,
Do you have a gmail account?
If so, does this solution work?



On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Brian Buhrow wrote:

> 	hello.  There is a work around for this problem and it still works as
> of this morning.  I've been using it for years.
>
> 1.  Start lynx as you normally would with your favorite startup page.
>
> 2.  Press o for options to open the options form.
>
> 3.  Search for the accept cookies entry.
>
> 4.  Say yes to cookies, ssl certs, ssl errors. etc.
>
> 5.  Tab or search down to the user agent string.
>
> 6.  Check the box that says, send user agent string.  Make sure it's
> checked.
>
> 7.  For the user agent string delete the existing string and write:
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 11.2; Linux-14.4)
>
> 8.  Press accept.
>
> Now, when you  go to www.google.com, you should be able to enter search
> terms, click on the Google Search button, and see a results page with
> usable links.
>
> 	As a side work around, sometimes you'll encounter pages that won't
> display and will give you an error like: Forbidden, with some text about
> performance and security from Cloudflare.  If you go into options, turn off
> the send user agent string, press accept and reload the page, that usually
> gets the content.  Remember, however, that if you don't send the user agent
> string when using Google search pages, you won't get usable results pages,
> so I usually turn the user agent string back on when I'm done with the
> Cloudflare pages.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Brian
>
> On Nov 13, 12:39pm, Ari Moisio wrote:
> } Subject: Re: cannot go to google search results with lynx
> } Hi
> }
> } I noticed same behaviour. Not found any workaround yet.
> }
> }
> }
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> }   Willem van der Walt kirjoitti
> } > Subject: cannot go to google search results with lynx
> } > Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:10:56
> } > From: Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt at csir.co.za>
> } > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> } >
> } >
> } > Hi, Willem here.
> } > In the last few days, the google search results through lynx became unusable.
> } > Does anyone else also experience this?
> } > If so, is there a work-around apart from using another browser?
> } > TIA, Willem
> } >
> } >
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