Re: [Lynx-dev] Hello Lynx Developers

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

People who cannot see don't halt the speech unless they have brltty and I
would think that the Braille output is just as noisy and requires operator
intervention.

These people just want lynx to continue.  The suggestion about blocking
third party tracking cookies is a good one though.

Thank you,

David

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 15:42 Karen Lewellen <address@hidden> wrote:

> I take it you are not finding the option that allows all cookies to be
> accepted as working?
> I can give you a good example why perhaps simply stopping speech is a
> safer bet.
> Currently I am facing issues using Lynx at amazon.com.
> One error states  that cookies are not being accepted, but I can prove
> otherwise with those cookie messages.
> since you  I would hope, can halt unwanted speech at any time,  why can
> you not simply stop the cookie related messages?
> Karen
>
>
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Hello Lynx Developers,
> >
> > I've been involved with Vinux Linux originally based on Debian, then
> Ubuntu
> > and now Slint based on Slackware.
> >
> > You probably know that might bind and sight impaired computer users can
> > excel with computers by using command line tools.
> >
> > Many of these people use lynx.
> >
> > What is very difficult for us is overriding the many announcements about
> > accepting cookies and other announcements that are surely important to
> the
> > other developers and users of lynx in their work with web development and
> > testing.
> >
> > I'd like to ask if you would put in a option that could be saved to be
> > quiet when browsing the web.   Accept  all cookies etc.
> >
> > It would make  a group of passionate lynx users very happy.
> >
> > Some of the more learned members of the community have modified
> > /etc/lynx.conf but not completely satisfactorily.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > David Ring
> > Green Harbor, MA
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