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Re: NON-PD: RE: Web inaccessibility
welcome back willian havent heard from you for a while
love chicken little's philosophy she had loads of friends who went with her too judy
From: "William A. Parrette" <wap@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: NON-PD: RE: Web inaccessibility Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:08:55 -0400
Hi all,
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, the digest contained:
> ... > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:38:42 -0400 > From: Camilla Flintermann <flintepc@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: NON-PD : Web inaccessibility > ... > Please, let's not forget in our enthusiasm for the wonders of the web that > there are many of us who cannot reach them. Wherever possible, I think it > is wise and thoughtful not only to refer people to the websites for > info--whether about PD or for instructions re: list settings--but to give > an alternative also. > ...
And ...
> ... > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:53:20 -0400 > From: janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: NON-PD : Web inaccessibility / an offer you can't refuse > ... > one of the delights of html, the mark-up language that creates web pages, > is that it creates web pages out of plain text documents > and thus web pages are easily saved/converted > into plain text > ...
Another resource for those who don't currently have Web ac- cess. And the primary reason is that their "classic" computer doesn't have the "uumph" to handle the bloated, resource-hogging, memory-leaking browsers such as Netscape or Internet Explorer, there *may* be another option.
Find a friend who does have the bloated, resource-hogg ... oh, heck, ... one of those "other" browsers, and have them point it to:
Lynx is a free-ware program that is distributed under the GNU copy-left general public licensing agreement. It is also a *text only* browser -- it doesn't know how to display graphics images, sounds, or any other non-text item. Because it is *text only* it is a rather small program and can run on those olde ... er, uh, ... I mean "classic" computers that don't have quite all of the "bells and whistles" that, uh ..., "less-classic" computers of today have available.
Once your friend has reached this site, download a copy of the version that works on your system, copy it to a diskette, and in- stall the system from the diskette on to your home, "classic" ma- chine.
It ain't quite as snappy, nifty, and neat-o as a full graphic browser, but if you really don't need the pictures, animations, and sounds (ask Murray!), this is a fully functioning browser that can do most everything else.
I wish *I* could help. But, as a Mac person -- and there is no Mac version of lynx available yet -- I wouldn't be of mush help anyway. Or, you can still e-mail janet for a text copy in e-mail (she's so friendly and helpful :-) )
If this helps just one user, another one of my book-length, nerdy, techno-geek, off-topic posts to the list will have been worthwhile. Take care and grok around the clock ...
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