Javascript can help a lot even for a text based browser. It can check a form before it is submitted for errors, and this may decrease the traffic, and it can execute other tasks without working on the server. Teddy, My dear email address is orasnita@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Ecmascript and Lynx/Linux Cheryl, If you used Internet Explorer and Jaws on Windows to access the Web, I think you might be disappointed. There are many sites that I can't handle with IE and Jaws, but that I can do fine with when I am using Lynx and BRLTTY. Filling out Web forms can be a real hassle with Ie nd Jaws. I'm not sure if blind people are much better off in Windows as far as Javascript goes, because it mostly generates graphics. Maybe I'm wrong, but what could a text-based browser do with Javascript anyway? John On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I think what tim says is true. So the bottom line question is: Are there > people on this list who have the skills who either are currently working > or are going to start working on lynx? And if there are those on this list > who are working on lynx, I think many of us would like to hear a status > report on what's being done about the javascript issue. If nobody on this > list is working on lynx and nobody steps forward to take on the project, > what alternatives does that leave those of us who really want full acces > to the Internet? (1) Hope L.C.'s assessment of the situation proves to be > correct; (2) turn to development of accessibility of Xwindows (am I > correct in the impression that javascript is being used in X with > graphically-oriented browsers or am I mistaken about this?), or (3) save > one's money for an additional OS (windows) and the expensive screen > reader(s) that go with it (though I do realize that blind people in > windows are not totally free of javascript issues either). I love using my > text-based linux system, and I'm not being negative, but these are the > future alternatives as I see them. The js issue does not yet prevent one > from finding a way to do most things on the Internet, but it is becoming a > regular occurrence for me to go to some site that was accessible a week or > two ago and find that it is now "new and improved"--and inaccessible. > So, is anybody on this list working on those issues? I, for one, would > like to hear from your corner. > > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com