Again, on the contrary, at least for Lynx.
the lynx browser is updated regularly across platforms and for different
operating systems. the browser is used not only by those experiencing
sight loss, but by those in many countries where high graphics browsers
are problematical because of how the Internet exists in those
countries.
Equally both links and elinks are java script friendly with a low graphics
element. I would not speaking only for myself, consider that to be text
only.
As for current, there are editions of lynx that are more up to date than
say Internet Explorer. I am talking about w3c guidelines, and those
browsers would from the definition still qualify as current...they exist,
some of them are updated, etc.
Again just my take, based on Larry's first question.
Kare
On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Sam Hartman wrote:
"Karen" == Karen Lewellen <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Karen> On the contrary, at least if a site is claiming to meet w3c
Karen> guidelines under wacg 2.0 guideline 4.1 specifically states
Karen> that a site must support current user agents and ensure
Karen> support for future ones, which includes screen readers...and
Karen> browsers. Further, guideline 2.1 or so states that all
Karen> functions must work from the keyboard...which is part of the
Karen> issue at the Safeway e-commerce site.
Yeah, but I would not describe lynx/links/elynx/any of the text mode
browsers as current or future user agents.
They do not have enough effort spent on development to be considered
credible at meeting modern web standards.
If they work, that's great for you.
I appreciate that there are a number of people here who choose to use
text-mode browsers. That's your choice and if it works for you that's
great.
However, graphical browsers especially when combined with graphical
screen readers have a large number of features for accessibility. If a
website works with those graphical browsers, but not your favorite text
browser, it's not an accessibility problem. That's especially true if
the site works with multiple different graphical browsers with
accessibility features.
If you do want to use a text mode browser with modern websites, you may
have more luck with edbrowse than with lynx/elynx/links/w3m.
Sam, who uses a graphical browser and screen reader on Linux for quite
satisfactory access to the websites I choose to use.
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