Questions about links (L I N K S)

[Janina Sajka]

Cheryl:

I agree with your comparative analysis, though I understood the
original question as being about which was easier to use. I
believe lynx is much easier because of cursor tracking and link
and form field numbering. Also, javasupport is no
panacea--whatever browser one has. I know of sites that don't
work with any speech enabled browser because of the way they use
js.

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> That's true, Janina, to some extent.
> However, I'm having no problems using links-2.1pre1 with braille and imagine it
> also could work with speech.
> The advantage to links-2.0 and up (not the links that will be available with
> your distribution( is that it has some Javascript support. Indeed, I have been
> able to access, register, and/or shop at some sites that were inaccessible at
> one point or another with lynx. this certainly doesn't solve all javascript
> problems but it is a step in the right direction.
> I generally access a site first with lynx and then switch to links if I run into
> difficulty.
> Not all the linkses have the javascript support so you need to specifically go
> to the link that talks about links with javascript. I don't have the link at the
> moment but it has been posted here recently.
> 
> I think that at this point having both lynx and links-2.0 or 2.1pre(whatever) is
> the best idea.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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