From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DHx0P-0006d7-00 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 23:46:38 -0500 Received: (qmail 7582 invoked by uid 0); 3 Apr 2005 04:46:36 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp6.knology.net with SMTP; 3 Apr 2005 04:46:36 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DHx3r-0002Og-20 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:50:11 -0600 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:50:10 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050403045010.GA8654@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050402131516.GA9263@blackbox> <20050402142405.GA11245@blackbox> <20050402181444.GA19100@blackbox> <20050403032738.GB9423@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050403032738.GB9423@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: links 2.1 and elinks was Re: Slackware is dropping Gnome 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: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:46:38 -0000 Hi. On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 08:27:39PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 12:14:44PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > Hi. > > ... > > > > BTW, the fact Gene and I were having a debate on whether elinks 0.10 or > > links 2.1 has the best javascript support on the reflector yesterday > > means the need for Mozilla is declining. > > Wow, you mean that's the best Java support we can expect. Quite > frankly, the javascript support I've seen in links 2.1 is down right > lousy! Most things I've tried including phpPGadmin, a web based > database manager, are completely unusable in links. I haven't gotten > around to trying elinks yet because I have to go and install the Java > developer kit or somesuch in order to install elinks if I recall. I > really had my hopes up about using Gnopernicus and mozilla. I still > end up going over to windows quite often to use those websites that > have java all over the place. > > -- What version of linkx 2.1 are you using? It's up to pre 17 now. Elinks is a C program and doesn't use any java. It does use spidermonkey which is Mozilla's javascript inturpreter, but that's a C program. I personally don't know of any console browser that needs Java. Hope this helps. Kenny