Re: [orca-list] cli-based distro

["D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea arrl net>]

elinks seems to do well for web commerce and banks.

David

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
> How do you tackle online banking?  What about websites that use dropdowns
> and mouse-overs?  Do you ever have trouble with stuff that uses Ajax?  How
> do you deal with JQuery elements?
>
> Just wondering,
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lsmithso hare demon co uk [mailto:lsmithso hare demon co uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:52 AM
> To: Alex Midence
> Cc: 'Julien Claassen'; 'Fernando Botelho'; 'orca-list'
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] cli-based distro
>
>
> Hi:
>
> Even without javascript you can still read a lot of content and access a lot
> of websites with a text only browser. Many pages display in a degraded form,
> but if you're blind this doesn't really matter. It also helps to browse a
> /mobile version of a website, if one is available.
> This is what I do with LinkedIn.
>
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>
> Alex Midence writes:
>  > Cli browsers are nice for their responsiveness but they don't do
> javascript.
>  > Javascript is everywhere these days so, that's a show-stopper for me.
>  > Static html is becoming increasingly rare.
>  >
>  > Alex M
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Julien Claassen [mailto:julien mail upb de]  > Sent: Monday,
> September 09, 2013 4:56 PM  > To: Fernando Botelho  > Cc: Alex Midence;
> 'orca-list'
>  > Subject: Re: [orca-list] cli-based distro  >  > Hello Fernando!
>  >    It depends on far you need to go with text-based browsers. I mostly
> use
>  > lynx. I only use links2 for youtube, since it works a little better. Even
> > better still can be elinks. But my main interest is in information (i.e.
>  > wikipedia and other more scientific resources) and software and community
> > based projects. The multi-media world can be a pain in the neck though.
>  >    If you're looking for a distro with a good commandline environment,
> then
>  > I'd suggest plain old ebian or Arch. they both make it rather easy to
> work  > on the commandline and their choice of commandline tools is
> plentiful.
>  >    Warm regards
>  >           Julien
>  >
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