From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AmxmQ-0007oF-00 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:15:34 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i0VGFXaH001469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:15:33 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id i0VGFXQJ001467 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:15:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:15:32 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040131161532.GF945@rednote.net> References: <20040131050721.GA21072@hogwarts.optusnet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: online banking with Bank of America: not quite accessible enough X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:15:34 -0000 The old classic solution to this bit of browserism is simply to lie. In lynx, and possibly in links, there is a "masquerading as" setting, where you can define the identification string that will be supplied to t with your http connection. So, you can pretend to be any browser they want! Now, what actual strings we need to put in there is something I no longer know off the top of my head. Perhaps we can set up some tests among us over the next few days and collect some good lies?? Cheryl Homiak writes: > From: Cheryl Homiak > > This has come up for discussion several times, and I'm sorry if I'm being > hopelessly dense, but I've never figured out to what I should change the > user agent string. Can somebody attempt (once again--sorry) to clarify > this for me? > Thanks. > > -- > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://a11y.org