Links the chain

[Ryan Mann]

Also, Links the chain supports some Javascript.


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Hey, Larry: Welcome to the Speakup list! How delightful to see you here.
> Do you find Speakup hauntingly familiar? I'd say that was a good thing,
> myself! <grin>
> 
> As for differences between the cat and the chain ...
> 
> At this point I'm not sure there is much. I still use the cat, but
> probably because I've used it for years and it works very well in most
> situations.
> 
> Both of them require appropriate configuration settings to be blind
> friendly. But, once you do that, they can appear and act very much the
> same as it seems you've discovered.
> 
> Perhaps someone who's used the chain more than I have can expostulate on
> some of the subtelties. But my bottom line is that the chain's
> developers have done a pretty good job of adding the kind of blind
> friendly functionality that has proven so valuable.
> 
> Perhaps the biggest difference is that the chain is in active
> development and the cat is not--with the possible exception of one local
> effort.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> LARRY SKUTCHAN writes:
> > Speaking of Lynx and Links, can some of you experts discuss what the advantages and disadvantages are of each of them.  As a newbie, they seem pretty darn similar to me.  I have also noticed that W3m looks pretty good, and it has the cool feature of letting you use the arrow keys to navigate the document.  (It uses Tab to move from link to link.)
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > >>> janina at rednote.net Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:23:16 AM >>>
> > Oops. I totaly missed seeing that.
> > 
> > Guess I need another pot of coffee this morning.
> > 
> > Sorry.
> > 
> > Luke Yelavich writes:
> > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:10:54PM EST, Leslie Fairall wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know if you can change the user-agent string in links the 
> > > > chain? I use the cat with Bank of America by doing this, but would like to 
> > > > have access to some features that require Javascript. I wish there was a 
> > > > way where I could save the user-agent string whenever I go to the website. 
> > > > Does anyone else do the same thing? Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Yes you can do this. Go into the settings menu, and choose the network
> > > options. A quick way is simply to press ALT + S, then N. Find the HTTP
> > > options, and press enter on it. In there, there is a field that you can
> > > type in a different user agent. It is called fake user agent, and one of
> > > the last options in this window.
> > > 
> > > Hope this helps.
> > > 
> > > Luke
> > > 
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