Actiontech router?

[Janina Sajka]

You don't need javascript to navigate a tree. There's no linkage between
the two necessarily.

Nor are you prevented from pages that use js on the console. Go get the
chain, if you need that.

Steve Holmes writes:
> From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com>
> 
> That's an interesting option if the serial port is available.  I do
> happen to have a windows partition already set up here so I can get
> into windows-only interfaces "if I have to," but if the originator of
> this thread does not have windows available to him already, he is
> stuck with the issues that Janina pointed out here previously.  When
> it comes to routers, I much prefer to roll my own on a linux box.  I
> realize many routers come pretty cheap these days but an old '486 does
> the job pretty well.
> 
> In the mean time, people shouldn't be *FORCED* to use windows to get a
> job done.  It just ain't right!  Like what was said earlier if
> somebody wants to do winblows, let 'm have at it.  But for me, I'll
> only use it when it is impossible to do otherwise.  
> 
> A lot of these problems lately have to do with javascript.  Text
> browsers are well behind the times and lack javascript support.  I'll
> bet that if a good text browser would implement javascript support, a
> lot of these issues would go away.  Yes, I feel much javascript is
> unnecessary but I can see where some of it is quite useful for
> specialized navigation needs like treeviews.  I have a web based tool
> for managing postgres databases.  Started out looking pretty good in
> lynx but I ran into some java stuff that threw it down on its face.
> Worked good in internet exploder but...  I'm thinking of ripping out
> the javascript stuff but they implement things like tree views and the
> like and conventional HTML does not support tree views.  So one
> example of where javascript is here to stay.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 12:27:27PM +0100, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Unfortunately this brings us on to the topic of VI web navigation with
> > Linux, not one of the strong points.  When you presented a sighted
> > person using Linux with this problem, in most cases they would load up
> > their desktop and launch Mozilla.  If there is no telnet interface
> > available on the router, (i.e, some cheaper routers), then the only
> > way to configure it is through a Javascript browser, be that on your
> > own machine or through a friend who has Windows.  Note also if the
> > router does not have a telnet interface, it may have a console
> > interface that will hook up to the com port on the computer.
> > 
> > Andrew.
> > -- 
> > Andrew Hodgson, Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
> > Email: Andrew at hodgsonfamily.org
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
> Make sure your E-mail can be read by everyone!
> http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
				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