Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon?

[Jude DaShiell]

Yes, this happens at panix.com too you get prompted to enable cookies if
you hit enter and leave the captcha field blank.

 On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Karen
Lewellen wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:47:53
> From: Karen Lewellen <address@hidden>
> To: Jude DaShiell <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon?
>
> Well, I have no access to those other tools, could never get edbrowse to work
> here at shellworld.
> I can say that elinks, produces the same issue though, although I remain
> unsure  if elinks even saves cookies.
> My goal here, which you have actually surpassed  by illustrating that the
> audio challenge will not play, was seeing if the cookie error happened after
> content was or was not added to the verification field.
> Kare
>
>
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
> > Yes, amazon.com did leave a cookie in ~/.lynx_cookies
> > At this point I shouldn't take this testing any further though I could
> > throw eww firefox edbrowse and chrome at it to find out if any of them
> > will play the challenge.  If I were to do this and fail in every
> > instance I'd conclude amazon isn't Linux-Friendly in addition to being
> > less than blind-friendly.
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:37:20
> >> From: Karen Lewellen <address@hidden>
> >> To: Jude DaShiell <address@hidden>
> >> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> >> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon?
> >>
> >> ..which is why I would appreciate a test.
> >> When I visit www.amazon.com
> >> A cookie is accepted right away.  However when  I sign in, say after
> >> choosing
> >> proceed to checkout two things happen.
> >> first, again after the cookie is allowed I reach a page that says
> >> Important message!  To better protect your account please reenter your
> >> password and type the characters in the image below..which  for me is not
> >> an
> >> option.
> >> Still, even if Amazon staff provide something for that verification field,
> >> or
> >> if I leave the field blank, I get a  request to allow cookies message.
> >> In fact I cannot go forward   until I turn on what is already turned on.
> >> So I am wanting to discover if this error might be unique to  the lynx
> >> setup
> >> at shellworld, or if this is something Amazon is doing where Lynx is
> >> concerned
> >> in general.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >>
> >>> If the cookie complaint happens at login amazon expects a cookie from
> >>> you.  If it only happens during checkout, I don't know what's
> >>> happening.  I suspect based on your browser amazon thinks you're not
> >>> doing cookie transactions with it and has that hard coded somewhere.
> >>>
> >>> Aug 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:03:08
> >>>> From: Karen Lewellen <address@hidden>
> >>>> To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> >>>> Subject: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon?
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>> Curious if anyone here has successfully used one of the updated editions
> >>>> of
> >>>> lynx to sign into, and complete an order at amazon.com?
> >>>> Lately I am getting a please turn on cookies error, even with my cookies
> >>>> being
> >>>> accepted.
> >>>> Further if I try   more than once the site request authentication,
> >>>> thinking
> >>>> i
> >>>> am a hacker.
> >>>> Even the so called access site, the one for simplified browsing now has
> >>>> issues.
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Karen
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
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