lynx-dev Fw: map limitations (was meaningless)

[The Vrana Family]

Due to a stray comma, the original note didn't go back to the list.  Sorry.

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> From: The Vrana Family <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden; , address@hidden
> Subject: Re: map limitations (was meaningless)
> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 7:43 AM
> 
> Philip, thanks for your note.  I'm using 2-8-1rel1 on my PC, but my ISP
has
> only 2.7.  They seem to act the same as far as these items are concerned.

> I wish I could provide a patch, but I haven't done any programming in
> years, and what little I did was only in Fortran and some in Pascal. 
> (Actually, I learned some Cobol too, but not enough to be dangerous.) 
Have
> never ventured into C or C++.
> 
> With Treeloot, if you click on the link that says "TreeLoot Money Tree -
> Play here" (4th link on the page I see), that's the map that I'd like to
> send coordinates manually.  Maybe that's impossible, since, as you point
> out, it's a .cgi not a map.  It works for me, but I believe it's always
> sending the same coordinates, so you have no chance of clicking on the
> right area.
> 
> With the successmarketplace ones, I also get the 3 item menu.  However,
if
> you click on the third item to get to the contest entry form, the form
> thinks you have come from the 3 item menu, not the prior page with the
map.
>  If you enter from one of the 2 pages I've shown, it's accepted.  If you
> enter from the other, it's rejected because it thinks you've already
> entered from that site that day (since it thinks the site you entered
from
> is the 3 item menu).
> 
> Thanks for the link to the archive.  Pretty stupid of me to forget about
it
> and ask for e-mail replies - I've looked through the archive before.
> 
> --Bruce Vrana
> 
> ----------
> > From: Philip Webb <address@hidden>
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: map limitations (was meaningless)
> > Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 11:05 PM
> > 
> > 990207 one of the Vrana's wrote: 
> > > I'm an avid Lynx user, using 2.7 on my ISP all the time,
> > > as well as the PC version of 2.8.  Thanks so much for a great
program.
> > 
> > Lynx volunteers always like to get encouragement.
> > the latest Lynx is 2-8-1 from  www.slcc.edu/lynx/release ,
> > which has many improvements over your earlier versions;
> > if you have shell access with your ISP, you can compile your own
easily;
> > there are DOS/Windows binaries (pre-compiled) via
> >  www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm .
> > 
> > > I have a suggestion for a feature that would really help me out.
> > 
> > generally, the rule is `If you have a suggestion,
> > be prepared to do the programming yourself & send in a patch'.
> > 
> > > I enter contests which require you to enter from an image map on a
> page.
> > > Lynx can only generate a 0,0 coordinate when you "click" on an image
> map.
> > > How about enabling a keyboard command to enter any coordinate you
> wanted?
> > > you'd type C & Lynx would then ask what coordinate to send.
> > > Ideally, it would tell you what the image size of the map is,
> > > so you know the largest allowed coordinates.
> > > An example is the contest at  www.treeloot.com/game/moneytree.html .
> > > Some maps when you click on them, expand into a menu
> > > (not the one at treeloot, though).
> > 
> > when i goto Treeloot using 2-8-1rel.1 , i get as 5th link `clickable
> image',
> > which calls up a menu: your failure may be due to the older 2-7 & 2-8
> > & remember to check  lynx.cfg , where there may be something to set;
> > the 4th link is a  .cgi , which seems to fail due to Javascript,
> > which Lynx can't handle.
> > 
> > image maps have been discussed in the past: have a look in the Archive
> > at  www.flora.org/lynx-dev , probably some time in 1997 IIRC.
> >  
> > > if the site requires the "click" to come from the prior page,
> > > it won't accept it properly.  It thinks you're coming from an invalid
> page
> > > the temporary page with the image map.  I suspect it's looking
> > > for the  document.referrer  to be the correct page. 
> > > Could lynx be modified to give the site the  document.referrer
> > > of the original page, rather than the locally rendered map?
> > > A typical example is  www.successmarketplace.com/shops/benchmark ,
> > > when you click on the Free Vacation banner.  This one will work,
> > > but if you then enter  www.successmarketplace.com/shops/nmc ,
> > > it's supposed to work because it's a different site,
> > > but it isn't accepted, since it thinks you came from the same page
> again
> > > and you did come from the same page, the locally rendered map.
> > 
> > i have no problem with either site: i get the same 3-line menu;
> > again, try the latest 2-8-1.
> >  
> > > Please let me know via e-mail,
> > > as I'm just a user and not on the development list,
> > 
> > arghh (smile)!  lynx-dev has many subscribers,
> > ranging from very competent C programmers & systems experts
> > to interested users & people who want to learn more about the area:
> > you may want to subscribe briefly: send the message  subscribe lynx-dev
> > to  address@hidden ; to stop the flood, send  unsubscribe lynx-dev .
> > 
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