From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D9mEp-000309-00 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:39:44 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2BFddYN029537 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:39:39 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j2BFdd7s029536 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:39:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:39:39 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050311153939.GH7586@rednote.net> References: <000601c5257f$d35403a0$0302a8c0@farhan> <002201c525a1$052cc670$0302a8c0@farhan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002201c525a1$052cc670$0302a8c0@farhan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.760_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: getting off my windows dependency X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:39:45 -0000 What does "weird" mean? The -show_cursor argument is for lynx with a y, not elinks. Pay attention. Farhan writes: > yes, i actaully tried lynx and it was sorta wierd, i'll try elinks and see > what happens do i have to type elinks show-cursor or not > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:36 AM > Subject: Re: getting off my windows dependency > > > >Would be helpful if you described what you want help with. > > > >I will assume that you meant what e-mail clients and web browsers are > >there. I will assume you have your hardware sorted, and can get a > >connection to the internet. > >I am currently writing this e-mail in cone. I like this because it allows > >you to have multiple accounts specified, supports pop3, imap, smtp, local > >mail and limited support for news accounts. I have found that cone does > >not like my university imap server, so for that I use pine. There are many > >more, and if you are using a distribution like Debian or Gentoo with many > >packages and a package management system, search that for e-mail, or > >similar. > > > >Web browsers, elinks is a good general purpose text based one, giving > >cookies, java script, bookmarks, support for frames, and more. Most > >pre-built packages of elinks do not seem to have java script, you may have > >to build it from source (I found the patch included with elinks 0.11 did > >not work on spidermonkey, so I had to compile spidermonkey with elinks > >0.10 first). Links2 comes with java script built in for most pre-built > >packages, but links2 is more limited in features, elinks is a branch-off > >from links2 and aims to give more features. Lynx is a very basic text > >browser, but for simple things, I find best. There may be some for gnome, > >but I don't know of these and their accessibility. Mike Farhan writes: > > > >>Hey i want to get off my windows dependency for reading email and using > >>the net but i'm not sure how to do this. i need some help to get away > >>from...microcrap. help? > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.