janina, I'm in agreement with you 1000,000% Let's face it I think we're dealing with people that may not have a problem with accessability. just because it looks good on a page doesn't mean it's accessable. Yes you can have both but for god sakes get it right the first time and my friends you wonldn't be getting these flames. -- Shaun If little else, the brain is an educational toy. -- Tom Robbins EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435 On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Peter: > > I don't understand your response. Certainly, it can't be only an issue of SSL support, because that's (generally > speaking) more up to date on linux than on Windows. Besides, my conversations with Allyson have been clear that > additional software work is required. If, on the other hand, you're correct and the only security Book Share is looking > for is SSL support, then some kind of proprietary tagging on the server side has somehow excluded linux users--and the > web site doesn't comply with W3C WAI guidelines in that instance, imho. > > So, which is it? > \ > On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > > Here's the response i got to my complaint. > > Excuse me; I use ssl on plenty of sites with no problem; wrote back and told him > > so. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 11:37:32 -0400 > > From: Peter Scialli <sscialli at bellatlantic.net> > > Reply-To: Peter Scialli <Peter at benetech.org> > > To: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at chartermi.net> > > Subject: Re: Tried to download a book at bookshare.org > > > > Hi, > > Bookshare is, in fact, accessible by Linux users. You must > > either be using the SSL version of Lynx or have Http-Refer enabled > > in your Lynx configuration. These security measures are > > requirements of our copyright agreement with the publishers so > > that plain text browsers that do not have security enabled cannot > > gain access to the download authorizations. Bookshare.org does, > > in fact, have a clearly stated 45 day money back gurantee, so if > > you should decide to join, your money can be refunded in full > > during that period. In the meantime, I suggest you try to use > > your security enabled browser on the public domain content which > > does not require a membership. Thank you. > > Peter M. Scialli, Ph.D. > > Associate, Technical Projects, Bookshare.org > > www.bookshare.org > > A Project of The Benetech Initiative-Technology Serving Humanity > > peter @benetech.org > > www.benetech.org > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak at chartermi.net> > > To: <webmaster at bookshare.org> > > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:45 AM > > Subject: Tried to download a book at bookshare.org > > > > > > > Hello. > > > I am using linux and lynx. > > > I just tried to download "the story of My Life" by Helen Keller > > in Ascii text. > > > Didn't do anything 'unusual"; just followed the links. nks. Got > > > the following filename suggestion when I used the > > > "d" for download in lynx: > > > Error.html?errorid=-1001&page=Download.html&line=34 > > > > > > So I just tried hitting enter on the link for the Ascii text > > file. Here's what I > > > got: > > > > > > web error -1001 > > > > > > The most likely cause of this error is typing in the URL or > > bookmarking a page > > > that must be navigated to in a controlled manner. > > > While it is usually allowable to type in or bookmark a URL, some > > pages are > > > protected to avoid displaying incorrect information on the page. > > > > > > This error occurred in Page Download.html. > > > This error occurred on line 34. > > > If you're seeing this page, then either your actions were > > unexpected by the > > > website or there was an internal website error. Please review > > your last few > > > actions to see if there was something unusual, and report the > > problem to > > > webmaster at bookshare.org. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list at redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >