Lynx for Windows is not a real Windows program. It runs in the Windows
console. Don't ask me to explain what that means, because I cannot, but
for me it means that Jaws for Windows barely works. But a Dos screen
reader does. So Lynx is really a DOS program that you can run in Windows
(if you are sighted).
John
So is it a Dos
At 03:50 PM 2/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
>But there is a version of lynx for Windows.
>Works pretty well.
>I would think it would depend on user preference.
>Frank Arnold
>========================================
>On 7 Feb 2001, at 17:36, Dick Banks wrote:
>
> > It is really an injustice to teach someone to use lynx in my opinion. How
> > far would someone get trying to get a position in the workforce relating to
> > computers and survive without being able to handle Windows?
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ann Parsons
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:05 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Graphics-based browsers vs. text-based browsers with screen
> > reade rs, II
> >
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Sarah, in considering this question, one must also look at the
> > computer user. Unfortunately, one size does not fit all. David says
> > that the best thing is to stay with a graphical browser. This may be
> > true for him. He is a competent windows user. He is an expert. Not
> > all people are experts in using Windows. There are tricks and tips
> > that must be learned before one is an expert in anything, and judging
> > what other nonexperts can and can not do may be difficult for
> > experts.
> >
> > Another thing occured to me as I was rereading my first reply. There
> > are two distinct purposes for web sites. The original one was to
> > present text in a non-linear format that could be expanded and
> > cross-referenced and so on. The other use of the web is fast become
> > to do anything else one would do on the Internet. You can read your
> > mail, shop, pay bills, listen to radio, play games and so on. It is
> > for this purpose of web use that a graphical browser is most
> > effective, especially in the area of multi-media.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you're examining text, then you want a text
> > browser!
> >
> > What can I say, there *is* no right answer here, if you think
> > seriously about both what is being done on the web and its users.
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
> > --
> > Ann K. Parsons
> > email: [log in to unmask] ICQ Number: 33006854
> > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost."
> > JRRT
> >
John Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-6507
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