For one thing, it's quicker to load home pages with a text-only interface than one that slogs through all those graphics. For another, Lynx is super at letting you quickly send a URL reference or text document to an alternative email address, and many graphics interfaces don't permit that.
Lynx then offers the option of printing to a file or an email address.
You pick 'mail address' and Lynx automatically inserts your own email address. But you can just type an alternative address on top of the default address. Easy as that. As I write this in October 1995, I generally view Web sites through the America Online browser version 2.5. I've been happy with the AOL connection for a few months, but lately I've discovered that Netscape handles the Save to Disk function better, and more and more home pages are designed with Netscape in mind.