If you can't get past the graphical captcha that accessible page is useless.
On Mon, 2 Sep 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:29:43 > From: Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> > To: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> > Cc: Alejandro Lieber <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon? > > Jude, > Your comment about the cell phone is quite important, because amazon is > presenting the www.amazon.com/access page for those wanting a simplified > experience, stating it is comparative to the mobile one. > Alejandro, I echo Jude's question about the audio challenge, since others > here even without using a screen reader, cannot play it. > Likewise I take it amazon is accepting all of your lynx cookies? You are not > getting the error requesting that you turn cookies on? > lastly, which ms dos are you running, and how did you install that edition of > Lynx? My understanding was that there were windows binaries only, not dos > ones. > While I do not wish to make this about the use of screen readers, I am > interested if your experience differs from those reported by others where > this amazon issue is concerned. > > > > On Mon, 2 Sep 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > I'm sure it does, you don't use a screen reader though which means you > > have no trouble with the captcha. Have you tried playing the audio > > challenge and if so were you able to hear it? What's happening with > > lynx and amazon is also happening on cell phones too. I did a factory > > reset on the cell phone and accessibility won't be enabled until Staff > > comes over and turns it on for me. > > > > On Mon, 2 Sep 2019, Alejandro Lieber wrote: > > > >> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 07:00:13 > >> From: Alejandro Lieber <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon? > >> > >> Karen: > >> > >> I use LYNX ver 2.9.0dev.1 in my MSDOS computer with a 40MHz Cyrix 486DLC > >> and 8 > >> MBy RAM and yellow Hercules monitor. Works great. > >> > >> Alejandro Lieber > >> > >> A port for MSDOS, by Ju?n Manuel Guerrero: > >> > >> "This is a port of Lynx 2.9.0dev.4 to MSDOS/DJGPP. > >> > >> ? DJGPP specific changes. > >> ? ======================= > >> ? This port is based on the current develop code of lynx (aka > >> lynx2.9.0dev.4) > >> ? available as: > >> https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx-cur.tar.bz2 > >> > >> ? The code has been adjusted to detect at runtime if LFN support is > >> available > >> ? or not.? If LFN support is available then the original posix style file > >> ? names will be used else DOS compatible ones will be used. > >> > >> ? The port will use cp850 as default code page instead of using iso-8859-1 > >> as > >> ? it is in the current code.? It is clear that having iso-8859-1 on plain > >> DOS > >> ? as character set is useless as soon as spanish, german or other > >> non-english > >> ? texts shall be displayed.? You can always select another character set by > >> ? either setting the corresponding environment variable or by editing > >> lynx.cfg > >> ? acordingly. > >> > >> ? The current version of lynx requires that the HOME environment variable > >> is > >> ? set to a writable directory or it will refuse to start.? To alleviate > >> this > >> ? situation, if HOME is not set, the current directory will be used instead > >> ? by this port version. > >> > >> ? The port has been configured using the configure script provided by the > >> ? source package.? This means that neither old DJGPP specific scripts nor > >> ? makefiles distributed by the package have been used.? A lot of the > >> porting > >> ? work has been invested in the DJGPP specific configuration scripts. > >> > >> ? This port has been configured to be compiled with BZIP2, ZIP and PDCURSES > >> ? support.? This means that if you want to recompile the preconfigured > >> sources > >> ? you must have installed the following ports: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2apps/bz2-106ar2.zip > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/zlb1211b.zip > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/pdcur38a.zip > >> > >> ? The port has been configured and build without NLS support enabled. > >> ? To enable this feature, the latest ports of libiconv and gettext must be > >> ? installed: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/licv116b.zip > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gtxt201b.zip > >> ? If you prefer NLS, then reconfigure the sources passing the nls flag to > >> the > >> ? config.bat file. > >> > >> ? The port has been configured with OPENSSL support.? OpenSSL support > >> requires > >> ? installing the WATT-32 port.? The following ports have been used: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/ssl102sb.zip > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/wat3211b.zip > >> ? No other versions have been tested.? To be able to use this program > >> compiled > >> ? with OpenSSL and WATT-32 a noise source must be installed.? A noise > >> source > >> ? can be obtained as: > >> http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/noise063a2.zip > >> ? If for some reason you decide to reconfigure the source package, then you > >> ? will have to set the WATT_ROOT environment variable to point to the > >> ? directory where the headers and the library reside.? This is: > >> ??? set WATT_ROOT=/dev/env/DJDIR/net/watt > >> > >> ? To be able to run the program, configuration files are expected to be > >> found > >> ? at their canonical place.? This is the /dev/env/DJDIR/etc directory.? The > >> ? configuration files lynx.cfg and lynx.css are stored in the /etc > >> directory > >> ? and reflect, to certain extent, the conditions during the configuration > >> and > >> ? compilation process of this port.? You may need to adjust the entries to > >> fit > >> ? your requiriments.? If lynx.cfg and lynx.css are not found at their > >> canonical > >> ? place then the program will try to load them from the installation > >> directory > >> ? of lynx.? To run the program, a working version of wattcp.cfg is > >> required. > >> ? This file is __NOT__ distributed with this port.? That file will reflect > >> ? your network environment and hardware.? It is the user's job write > >> one that > >> ? matches his environment.? As a starting point you can use the one > >> distributed > >> ? with the WATT-32 port.? Please note that the location of wattcp.cfg must > >> be > >> ? specified by setting the WATTCP.CFG environment variable.? This can be > >> done > >> ? either in the environment, in autoexec.bat or in djgpp.env.? If the file > >> ? cannot be found at any of the canonical places the program will try > >> to load > >> ? it from the installation directory of lynx. > >> > >> ? To be able to run the program, a DOS packet driver (PKTDRVR) is required. > >> ? This may be obtained from the card manufacturer or from one of the > >> archives > >> ? of packet drivers (such as > >> "http://www.lanet.lv/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html"; > >> ? or > >> "http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/";). > >> ? Even when only browsing local files, a NULLPKT packet driver is required > >> like > >> ? nullpkt.zip.? The zip file can be downloaded as: > >> http://www.jumpjet.info/Application-Software/DOS/Hardware/2/NULLPKT/NULLPKT.zip > >> > >> ? The lynx executable itself handles http:, https:, ftp:, file:, news:, > >> nntp: > >> ? and gopher: protocols. You will need external programs if you want to > >> access > >> ? telnet:, tn3270:, or mailto: URLs.? In this case a port of kermit may be > >> ? required. > >> > >> ? Please note that lynx does _NOT_ support javascript at all.? So nothing > >> will > >> ? work that requires this feature.? If you need this, look for a different > >> text > >> ? web browser. > >> > >> ? It is important to realize that this port is a _PURE_ DOS port.? If for > >> some > >> ? reason you want to use lynx under Windows, you should download a windows > >> port > >> ? of lynx. > >> > >> ? If you decide to use this port as stand alone program then you can set > >> the > >> ? following environment variables to point to the required configuration > >> files: > >> ??? LYNX_CFG????? Set to the full path and filename for lynx.cfg > >> ??? LYNX_LSS????? Set to the full path and filename for lynx.lss > >> ??? WATTCP.CFG??? Set to the full path for the WATTCP.CFG directory > >> ??? SSL_CERT_FILE Set to the full path and filename for your file of > >> ????????????????? trusted certificates > >> ? As a last resort, if the above environment variables are not set, the > >> ? program will try to load those files from its installation directory. > >> ? There is also a batch file stored in the /share/lynx_doc/samples > >> directory > >> ? that shows how to run lynx as a stand alone application. > >> > >> ? The DJGPP port now checks the OS version it is running on.? If it is > >> equal > >> ? or less than MSDOS 6.22 the double quotes around the file name passed to > >> ? edit.com will be removed.? If this is not done, edit.com refuses to > >> start. > >> ? For OS like Win95 and above this is not necessary.? edit.com is the > >> editor > >> ? used by lynx at last resort.? The program's behaviour is not changed if > >> an > >> ? editor different from edit.com is selected in lynx.cfg. > >> > >> ? The DJGPP port now checks if LFN support is available.? If available then > >> ? files with a leading dot are allowed/supported in case that this has been > >> ? allowed by setting NO_DOT_FILES to FALSE in lynx.cfg.? In all previous > >> ? versions, the setting of this value had absolute no influence in > >> program's > >> ? behavior if compiled with DJGPP. > >> > >> ? When connecting to a site via https, lynx will require that a file of > >> ? trusted certificates is available.? It is your's responsability to > >> create > >> ? such a file and the port will _NEVER_ provide one.? This .PEM file is > >> created > >> ? using openssl tools.? Read the openssl documentation.? A working linux > >> ? installation provides always one.? It may be found by its name > >> ca-bundle.pem > >> ? or similar.? In the end it must be a file in PEM format.? Store it where > >> you > >> ? like and point to it by setting the corresponding lynx environment > >> variable > >> ? like this: > >> ??? set SSL_CERT_FILE=/dev/env/DJDIR/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.pem > >> ? Of course the value propossed is arbitrary and reflects the way I > >> have done > >> ? it for my own installation of lynx.? A starting point for reading about > >> how > >> ? to create your own PEM files is: > >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2002-12/msg00043.html > >> ? It describes how to create one using the trusted certificates provide by > >> the > >> ? microsoft IE. > >> > >> ? I have tested this port by trying to access all sites that are listed in: > >> https://royal.pingdom.com/using-web-browser-lynx-visit-top-websites/ > >> ? and I have experienced no issues.? I have also accessed some german and > >> ? spanish sites to check if the special native characters are correctly > >> ? displayed and I have found no issues.? I have also accessed > >> www.delorie.com > >> ? to check if the ftp support works well and if the cvs repository can be > >> ? accessed via cvsweb interface and everthing works flawlessly. Of course, > >> ? the mail archives can also be accessed without issues. > >> > >> ? Please note that I am not a lynx user.? I have ported it as a real world > >> ? test for the OpenSSL and WATT-32 ports. > >> > >> ? Only to make this point clear, if you want to use lynx as a stand alone > >> ? program without having to care about environment variables, copy > >> lynx.exe, > >> ? lynx.cfg and lynx.lss into the same directory and it will work. When > >> copying > >> ? the .PEM file it must be renamed to "cert.pem".? This is mandatory or it > >> will > >> ? not be found! > >> > >> ? As usual, all djgpp specific files (diffs, README files, etc.) are stored > >> ? in the /djgpp directory.? The sources have been configured to be build in > >> ? the "_build" directory.? If for some reason it does not work for you, > >> ? delete it contents and configure from scratch again. > >> > >> ? Please read the docs very __CAREFULLY__ to become familiar with the > >> product. > >> > >> > >> ? Here is an extract of the CHANGES file showing the user visible changes > >> from > >> ? the last port (Lynx 2.9.0dev.1) to this one: > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> 2019-08-26 (2.9.0dev.4) > >> * revert change to port-handling in 2.9.0dev.3 changes for gophermap > >> (report > >> by > >> ? Martijn Dekker). > >> * add ro.po, update de.po, et.po, tr.po, vi.po from > >> http://translationproject.org/latest/lynx > >> > >> 2019-08-25 (2.9.0dev.3) > >> * modify gophermap menu-parsing to handle "h" HTML selectors similarly to > >> the > >> ? command-line parsing, which avoids hex-encoding the parameter delimiters > >> ? "?", "=", ";" as well as "#" (report by Tobias Girstmair) -TD > >> * make redirection-limit configurable, defaulting to 10 -TD > >> * remove alert when relative base href is seen, since HTML5 allows for this > >> ? (report by Sylvain Bertrand) -TD > >> * modify lynx.iss to use statically-linked bzip2 and gzip programs, and to > >> ? eliminate a spurious warning when attempting to remove an optional DLL > >> -TD > >> * fix a few coverity warnings -TD > >> * revise HTSimplify to eliminate a redundant "." segment at the beginning > >> of a > >> ? path, referring to RFC 3986 5.2.4 (report by Alejandro Lieber) -TD > >> > >> 2019-07-31 (2.9.0dev.2) > >> * improved several configure macros, including workaround for non-POSIX > >> ? issue with BSDs. > >> * fix typo in iso15_uni.tbl (Robert Bell) > >> * update de.po from > >> http://translationproject.org/latest/lynx > >> * update config.guess (2019-06-10), config.sub (2019-06-30) > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ? The port consists of the usual three packages that have been produced > >> using > >> ? djdev205 (CVS repository code) and can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com > >> ? and mirrors as (time stamp 2019-08-31): > >> > >> > >> ??? Lynx 2.9.0dev.4 binaries, scripts and man format documentation: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lx290d4b.zip > >> > >> ??? Lynx 2.9.0dev.4 html format documentation and sample files: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lx290d4d.zip > >> > >> ??? Lynx 2.9.0dev.4 source: > >> ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lx290d4s.zip > >> > >> > >> > >> ? Send Lynx utils specific bug reports to <[email protected]>. > >> ? Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to > >> ? comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <[email protected]>. > >> > >> > >> Enjoy. > >> > >> ??? Guerrero, Juan Manuel <[email protected]> > >> > >> On 1/9/19 00:18, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >>> Thomas, Ian, > >>> Thomas I? personally can do nothing whatsoever with the snapshop. because > >>> of? how I use a computer,? and the lack of pure dos compiles of Lynx > >>> recently, my only access to the browser, or to the internet in general > >>> comes? via? using ssh telnet to reach shellworld. > >>> Ian, if you choose to access this snapshot, can you test for improvements? > >>> I will likely have to wait first for its incorporation into a lynx > >>> edition, > >>> then? to how? these changes might be incorporated into shellworld before I > >>> try. > >>> Regardless I am reporting to Amazon, so a test of some kind will be > >>> helpful. > >>> Kare > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Lynx-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Lynx-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev > > > > -- _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
