From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A9503EE72 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 07:21:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4R5LTp05419 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 27 May 2002 01:21:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4R5LTr05415 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 01:21:29 -0400 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4RBESf11478 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 07:14:28 -0400 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87ECD85F2 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 13:21:27 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 13:21:27 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: dealing with javascript In-Reply-To: <20020527002632.GB7221@debian> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, 27 May 2002, Peter Durieux wrote: > Hi, I know there is a project on sourforge. > Netrik is a text browser that may support js, c http://netrik.sourceforge.net. last time I checked it didn't even support forsm yet. And I tested it on a heavily js-infected site, still no text was showing. Wheilst their idea's seem okay, I've not yet seen any practical outcome of it. > I haven't tested the last versions. > > grtz > > -Peter > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:20:47PM +1000, RAYNER Peter wrote: > > I guess we're all running into problems with javascript more and more > > often. I'm wondering if it's time to put some collective effort into > > a solution and, if so, what it might be. > > The last time this topic turned up on the emacs-w3 list, Bill Perry's > > suggestion was for some kind of external parser, rather than extending > > the capabilities of emacs-w3 itself. > > The other alternatives I see are to wait and hope the netscape > > accessibility efforts make the problem go away or to extend the > > capabilities of some other access tool. > > Does anyone have any suggestions for which alternative might be > > preferable? If we do decide on an external filter what kinds of > > capabilities must it have? The few times I've looked inside > > inaccessible pages the JS seems to be doing uninteresting things like > > drop-down lists which could easily be handled other ways. But I don't > > know enough about the capabilities of javascript to know what other > > kinds of events we might have to deal with. I'm happy to try and hack > > something together to do this provided there's a reasonable chance of > > success; it's about time I brushed up my perl anyway. There also > > look to be some open-source implementations of interpretters out there > > we could possibly modify for the task. > > So do people have a view of whether and how to go forward with this? > > Any currently active projects? Other comments > > cheers > > Peter Rayner > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!