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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" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 <[log in to unmask]> > > 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 <[log in to unmask]> > > 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: > > http://lynx.browser.org/ > > 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 ... > >Bill-- > ...who sometimes thinks that Chicken Little was right. > ___ >.___. William A. ....._..._ .......7177 Heritage Drive+--- ()__() - (42!)+ >| _ \__ _ _ _ _ _ ___| |_| |_ ___ .Westchester........| ( oo ) ,-' | >| _/ _` | '_| '_/ -_) _| _/ -_).OH 45069-4012......| /^' *'^\ / | >|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.513/779-0780.......| (/( . )\) | >..... http://w3.one.net/~wap/ .... [log in to unmask] .......+--- Q/--\Q -------+ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com