From:	Phil Galbiati <galbiati AT cse DOT ogi DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP is in WAY too many pieces
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 1997 01:09:37 -0700
Organization:	Oregon Graduate Institute - Computer Science & Engineering
Lines:	27
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.95.970701005820.23956B-100000@blue.cse.ogi.edu>
References:	<Pine DOT NXT DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970701002131 DOT 19135A-100000 AT eagle1>
NNTP-Posting-Host:	blue.cse.ogi.edu
Mime-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.NXT.3.95.970701002131.19135A-100000@eagle1>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> 
> Java isn't accessible.  It breaks whenever lynx is used to talk
> to it, and often breaks speech output on systems where
> the users can't see the screens and it often does that on the
> most advanced g.u.i. systems set up for blind users to use.

First, the suggestion was to use client-side javascript, not java.

Second, I wasn't suggesting we do anything particularly fancy (like speech
output or advanced GUI stuff)  -- just an automated multi-file download.

Third, Javascript *is* accessible (as is Java for that matter) for *most*
pc-based web users, given the market share that Netscape & M$ have carved
out.

Last, the target audience for the script is users who are dumb, not blind!

I prototyped such a script this weekend, and it seems to sort of work.
When you load the page containing the script, it opens two additional
browser windows and downloads the csdmpi binary & source zips from simtel.
I still have to work some bugs out (for instance, it leaves the additional
windows open when it exits), but it looks like a viable solution to me.

--Phil Galbiati

- Raw text -