Links the chain

[Janina Sajka]

Wow, Larry. Very strange indeed.

I don't know the answer but would suggest that the cat has a great trace
feature built in -- the '-trace' option. Not sure whether something
similar is available via the chain, but we do have the generic tcpdump
option which should be helpful isolating this if you want to pursue it.

One can write very elaborate rules for tcpdump. It's one of the more
powerful debugging tools around.

Just a suggestion.

LARRY SKUTCHAN writes:
> Actually, it did a strange thing.  It told me the url did not exist.
> 
> >>> janina at rednote.net Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:57:19 PM >>>
> Did your bank let you in? Or did it complain that you're using an old
> browser and offer to help you download something more modern?
> 
> I ask, because this frequently comes up with banks. It's the mis-use of
> http headers that has been the subject today. What you can do is to tell
> a little lie--though we call it masquerading. You "Masquerade" as IE
> with a string like one of the following 3:
> 
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
> 
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;
> .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> 
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)
> 
> Each of these three examples ould go on one line, of course.
> 
> LARRY SKUTCHAN writes:
> > Thanks, yes all this helps very much.  When I saw that Links the chain supported Java script, I tried it, and no go.  But, when I downloaded the latest version, I found that it did, although it still did not get me onto my banking site properly.  I will have to play with that a little more.
> > 
> > They both seem to be very slick and responsive programs.  
> > 
> > >>> themuso at themuso.com Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:28:13 AM >>>
> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:56:34PM EST, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > There are a few differences indeed. For a start, links the chain has a
> > menu-like system for controlling options etc, which appear in dialog
> > boxes. However, this interface is simplified a lot if one turns on the
> > Braille Terminal mode from the terminal options in the settings menu.
> > For those who want to know how to turn it on, load links, press ALT + S,
> > then T. Press the up arrow 3 times, and press the space bar to check the
> > option. Then simply press enter. Don't forget to save your options by
> > pressing ALT + S, then S.
> > 
> > Links the chain supports both frames and tables, although I personally
> > have these turned off, since I am used to reading pages in a linear
> > fashion, although this doesn't always help with data tables, but since I
> > don't really have to read any of these, there is no big deal.
> > 
> > Links the chain supports JavaScript. Note that JavaScript is very much
> > different to Java, which is in fact not supported by ANY text browser at
> > all. This is helpful for some dynamic content sites that implement the
> > use of JavaScript a lot, however I have found a few bugs in the links
> > JavaScript code. :)
> > 
> > Links the chain does not have very good cookie support however. This is
> > where I need to use lynx the cat for such sites.
> > 
> > I hope all this helps
> > 
> > Luke
> > 
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				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040