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Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"

From: Howard Kaikow
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:44:00 -0500 
I moved the file to my unix account at my ISP and I browsed with Lynx 2.7.1.
As expected, when I explicitly typed in 5 records and hit retrun at the end
of the 5th record, I was sent to the submit button.

Doing the same thing with IE 3, Mosaic 2.11 and the crippleed Netscape
2.02, pressing retun just kept me in the text area.

PS: I say "crippled" Netscape 2.02 because it is a crippled version that
may be used at only the T. Rowe Price web site, but I can use it locally to
view files.

The need for this change is that lots of web sites are adding forums and
users of lynx are disadvantaged at such forums.

Pasting is useful, e.g., you might have some sample code or error messages
that you wish to reproduce exactly.

Independently of the pasting issue, it would seem that the real problem is
the line limit. It would appear that IE, Netscape and Mosaic, in effect,
ignore the row count, but Lynx enforces it.



At 12:46 PM 3/27/1998 -0500, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:
>Here's a valid piece of HTML 4.0 that demonstrates the situation.
>First browse it with lynx and start typing text in.  Once you have
>typed in a few character of text on the 5 rows specified, press
>return and see that you move on to the submit button.
>
>Then browse the same file with Netscape, IE, and I suspect the others.
>Once you've typed in the same characters, watch what happens when
>you press return on the last line of the text input box.
>
><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
><html>
><head>
><title>
>Demonstrate text area behavior 
></title>
></head>
><body>
><Form   Method=POST
>Action="mailto:address@hidden";>
><Textarea rows=5 cols=55 name="msg">Hi Fake, </Textarea>
><Input  type=submit value="Send it to Fake">
></Form>
></body>
></html>
>-- 
>Larry W. Virden                 INET: address@hidden
><URL:http://www.teraform.com/%7Elvirden/> <*> O- "We are all Kosh."
>Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should 
>be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
>
>
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