book marks and lynx, was: Re: Questions about programs under Linux.

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Sun Mar 10 14:55:50 EST 2002


If you save a book mark, does that go into a file that you can backup incase you have to reinstall your distro one day? If so, then what is the name and path of this file? Thanks.
Greg


On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 01:23:25PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Anna:
> 
> Just a quick note about Lynx and frames -- If there's some site you use 
> all the time where you have to choose one or more frames first, or just 
> have to choose one or more links before you get to the actual part you 
> want, there's a better way to handle that. You can bookmark the page you 
> really want. In lynx, just use the 'a' command to add a bookmark. And, 
> you'll never see those pesky frames again.
> 
> The javascript thing is much tougher. As of today, we don't have a good, 
> non-Windows option for pages that insist on javascript. What is this 
> javascript thing? It's another coding scheme for online content which is 
> not supported by lynx primarily because it isn't an open, consensus based 
> standard. I could go on about it, but I'll pass up doing so just now, 
> unless you really want to know more.
> 
> As for your own end of things, you can most certainly host an e-commerce 
> site on the web that takes people's credit card information securely and 
> gives you orders. All of that can be put together without javascript. But, 
> a lot of places that do this, aren't very concerned about what technology 
> other people use. They think you should just change and do things there 
> way.
> 
>  On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Anna 
> Schneider wrote:
> 
> > Wow, Janina, much info.  I'm filing it away.
> > 
> > Tank you for the clarification about fiewalling.  I actually know nothing 
> > about viruses.  I'm still in DOS and don't download e-mail or anyting else 
> > and so haven't had to worry.  It was my mom who was all worried about it.  
> > I thought I'd ask to be sure.
> > 
> > Regarding Emacs and Emacs Speak, I'm going to have to learn tem quickly 
> > along with everything else.  That's just the position I'm in.  These are 
> > the months of cram.  I'm starting to learn how to run a business and also 
> > all kinds of new computer stuff and I'm just going to be mentally full for 
> > the next couple of months.
> > 
> > Didn't mean to raise any web browser contraversy.  *rin*  I personally 
> > hate that Lynx is treated like crap.  I was quoting the web site on the Ie 
> > 4.0 or better part.  And I can get through frames with Lynx but tthey 
> > still suck in my opinion.  Just one more layer I have to go through.
> > 
> > All right, I am saving this message to reference later and thank you very 
> > much.
> > 
> > Anna
> > 
> > 
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> 	
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
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> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> http://www.openebook.org
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