These special words or phrases on a Web page appear highlighted. Each of these hotlinks takes you to another Web page. When you navigate with hotlinks, you follow the paths that Web authors have laid out for you. Another way to navigate is to jump directly to any page you want, even if it doesn't have a hotlink on the current page. All you need to know is the new page's address.
Gopher is an older, less-used information service that was a precursor to the Web.
Later, whenever you want to return to that page, you can find it on your bookmarks list. Search boxes and forms Lynx allows you to submit searches and use forms, just as a graphical browser does. Most images used on the Web are not essential for accessing the content of a Web presentation. However, if you use Lynx to visit a site that has images or other multimedia files that you wish to see or otherwise access, you can use Lynx to download them to your workstation, then use the appropriate software there to view the image or play the sound. Use FTP or your modem software to transfer the file to your workstation's hard drive, then open it with the appropriate software.