On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:43:02PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi Dutch, > I am not sure I agree with the java script focus. after all that site will > work in lynx, when I turn off the send user agent header option, just like I > suggested to Hans. > why would it work in a non graphical environment with lynx, if I take the > above referenced step if Java script is not involved under those > circumstances? > I cannot say as to the graphical ones, I do not have them. >
No, it is likely the user agent string. If I set links' user agent string to fake firefox, the site will load. > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 07:57:27PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > Hi Dutch, > > > > > > Something told me to try my example again before I shared it, try this in > > > links. > > > > > > www.healingwiththemasters.com > > > I just tried and got the 403 forbidden error. > > > > Yes, I get the same thing. Note that if you turn off javascript on your > > full-graphical browser (Firefox, etc), that same site will not > > error-out, but will likely not display anything, either. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As for Walmart.com allowing the links browser, I am afraid that matters > > > not > > > as I am in Canada and my reference is to the Canadian site. > > > My speech states that the issue is a cookies one, providing the offer of > > > viewing the flyer without cookies. > > > I will check your resource for the user agent question. > > > Thanks, > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 06:55:25PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > > > Hi Dutch, > > > > > The forbidden site issue I encounter is not the one Hans referenced, > > > > > but > > > > > others. > > > > > take > > > > > masterworkshealing.com > > > > > > > > I can visit that site with links. > > > > > > > > > for example, > > > > > So the idea would be an option that I could change, as I directed > > > > > Hans to > > > > > make a short term change to the send user agent header one in lynx. > > > > > I realize naturally there are times when the user agent header needs > > > > > to be > > > > > sent. Likely why Lynx does not make this change perminent. what > > > > > about in > > > > > links though? > > > > > > > > See http://links.twibright.com/user_en.html#subch-network-options > > > > > > > > > > > > > As for storing cookies, indeed, I am wondering what to do if I try > > > > > visiting a site and am not allowed to continue because the browser > > > > > will not > > > > > accept cookies...as in literary says as much. > > > > > for example, > > > > > www.walmart.ca > > > > > will not even move forward in links for this reason. > > > > > > > > On my machine, that site is not viewable in the standard links config > > > > due to > > > > lack of javascript, not cookies. Interestingly, walmart.com doesn't > > > > have that > > > > issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure if the reference you place below will explain the user > > > > > agent > > > > > header question, or the cookies one? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 04:47:01PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Dutch, > > > > > > > Still, that brings up two questions of my own regarding links. > > > > > > > first, does the browser still not accept cookies? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure of your definition of "accept," but in the general > > > > > > sense links does > > > > > > not store and set cookies. This post [1] seems to make a > > > > > > distinction, though, > > > > > > between persistent cookies and volatile cookies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > and second, what is the comparative solution to Hans' forbidden > > > > > > > site > > > > > > > problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > I had no problem visiting nvidia.de/Treiber with links. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do not know if I can alter the send user agent command in > > > > > > > links. > > > > > > > > > > > > links -> setup -> Network options -> HTTP options -> Header options > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://superuser.com/questions/478633/links-cookie-location > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:47:14AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > > > > > > > Links is no longer updated, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Where did you get this information? As far as I can see, links > > > > > > > > was updated on > > > > > > > > July 1, 2016.[1][2] Does that qualify as "no longer updated"? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser) > > > > > > > > [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/links/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
