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From another comment digging into the issue.[0]

> Regarding 'L', Lynx sometimes "hides" links if the anchor is around a div. Maybe it is just that simple. IIRC, <a href=...><div>...</div></a> will trigger a similar behaviour.

I'm generally against unnecessary web complexity, but I don't understand how anyone can paint Lynx a hero for randomly ignoring anchor tags.

I embrace progressive enhancement where possible, all of my blogs/sites will load and function without Javascript. I'm not going to serve alternative HTML in a scenario like this. There has to be a give and take towards Lynx supporting objectively valid pure HTML content.

It wouldn't violate any of Lynx's pure-text principles to parse modern HTML correctly.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21636159




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