Thomas, To each his own. I find that I have much better access to the Web with Lynx and BRLTTY. Maybe it's because Jaws is particularly bad with Braille and the Web. But I'm not upgrading my Jaws, especially since Freedom Scientific is such a bad company to do business with. John On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Thomas Stivers wrote: > I need to clear this up. I can, using windows access about 95% of the > pages i come accross and when using lynx I notice that there are sections > that are simply gone from sites because the scheem which is used to write > them doesn't work and occasions where I simply cannot submit a form. I > think the problem that many windows users have with forms is that they do > not use context to determine what to put in forms verry well. Don't get me > wrong, I really like using lynx, but I have to say that I can get things > done on the www much more quickly with windows. I wish it weren't so and > maybe when I get better at using lynx I will do better, but poor access to > the web is one of the reasons I have had to keep windows on this computer. > > Thomas Stivers > stivers_t@mail.utexas.edu > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@chartermi.net> > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:30 PM > Subject: Re: Ecmascript and Lynx/Linux > > > > Hi John and all: > > the two main issues, as far as javascript and my Internet needs, are > > shopping/banking sites and audio sites. From what I have heard from > > windows users, I think you are right; they have their own problems with > IE > > and Jaws (or other screen readers for that matter). But I do know that > my > > friends using IE and jaws can access, for instance, the audio sites > > through www.oneplace.com as I posted here a couple of days ago, and also > > the sites from www.broadcast.com. They also usually appear to be able to > > shop without hitting "unsupported url scheme" just as they get to the > > final checkout! However, there is, as you point out, a blance here. > Most > > of my friends in windows do seem to have more difficulty with forms. I > > also do have to say that, even in linux, having the braille display has > > made filling out forms so much easier for me than it used tobe! > > So this isn't an issue of either/or; I can't imagine myself dumping > linux > > or even lynx for that matter. But it would be nice to also be able to > > access some of the things that blind users of windows can access and I > > frankly can't. But I am very aware that having windows is no guarantee > of > > javascript accessibility either! > > > > -- > > Cheryl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703