Lynx

A text-only web browser that runs in terminal or command-line environments, displaying web content as plain text without images, JavaScript, or visual formatting. Developed in 1992 at the University of Kansas, Lynx was historically significant for web accessibility because its text-based interface was inherently compatible with screen readers and braille displays, making it one of the earliest ways blind users could access the Web. Lynx is still sometimes used as an accessibility testing tool to verify that web content is understandable without visual presentation, though modern screen readers with full graphical browser support have largely replaced it for everyday use by blind people.