Health Canada - Family Resource Centre Internet Guide Health Canada Family Resource Centre Internet Guide Introduction Browsers are the tools that we use to explore the World Wide Web. Both text and graphic browsers can be configured in various ways to make the information we see suit our preferences. This means that there is no 'one' way to see a web page. It can, and is, seen differently by different people using a variety of computers and an assortment of browsers. You can alter fonts, text sizes, languages and many other features of the way your browser presents information to you.
Browsers are generally of two kinds, text-based and graphical.
The most commonly used text-based browser is Lynx . It allows you to see textual information, but not graphics. Text is all of one size and can only be either underlined or boldface . Moving around on a Lynx screen involves using the keyboard since Lynx does not support positioning devices like mice or trackballs. While this may seem a great limitation, in fact, Lynx is a very useful browser.