Re: LYNX-DEV numbered linx: 2 suggestions

[Laura Eaves]

A while back I sent mail to a blind friend who uses a speech
synthesizer at his job and on the web.  (He's the one who got
me started using lynx.)
Here are his comments about numbering links.
(I asked him for the URL of the form that failed, but he hasn't replied yet.)

> I believe you have all ready outstripped my skills as a net surfer.  I 
> found your comments about Lynx quite interesting.  I like the idea of 
> numbering other screen elements than links.  You're right that numbering 
> form entries would make them more accessible.  I've only tried to fill 
> out forms on the Web a  couple of times, but both times I failed to 
> submit the forms successfully.  Navigating from entry to entry was 
> difficult, and cursoring through list boxes was downright excruciating.  
> Have you ever run into one of those list boxes wher they ask you to 
> identify your country, and you have to cursor down throw a hundred and 
> fifty or so countries before you can get to the United States?  Its 
> enough to give one nightmares.  By the way, have you found out what those 
> things are that hust appear on the screen as "link" with no link number?  
> I assume they're some kind of graphical link button that looks really 
> nice on Netscape, but doesn't translate to Lynx.

--le
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