This is a low-cost connectivity option for many. In fact, this site was almost entirely developed using that terminal. The visually impaired find Lynx is ideal for use with their braille or screen reading software. In addition it offers convenient navigational functions. Some people find Lynx more comfortable than a bulky graphical browser that uses a large amount of their computer's resources.
Lynx starts up and exits quickly, when compared to most desktop browsers.
It is also quicker at rendering documents. Web authors combine Lynx with a text editor, using Lynx's local cgi execution functions and its hypertext browsing functions to create an environment in which they can develop complex web-sites and Internet applications. Various organizations use Lynx to provide a menu based, hyperlinked interface to databases and other resources like help files. In fact, this was Lynx's original function at the University of Kansas. Lynx has been ported to many personal digital assistants.