Re: [Panix #37267] Information about the current document (fwd)

Hi there,
If the samples you are providing are what you mean, your name appears, 
at least  in your posts here.
How screen readers  present information can indeed differ.
Karen



On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote:

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> -- 
> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
> Please use in that order."
> Ed Howdershelt 1940.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:39:15
> From: Ken Dunlap via RT <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Panix #37267] Information about the current document
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> Yes, it is.  Look at the html.  It will look like
> <a aria-label="edit jdashiel features" href="/shell/13605/13605/edit">jdashiel</a>
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> I have confirmed multiple times that the link exists in lynx, and
> that the link text is your username.  I suggest you take a long hard
> look at your screenreader if it is not giving you that text.
>
> Ken
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> Quoth Jude DaShiell via RT ([email protected]):
>> jdashiel isn't in the text on any of those links, so maybe in some form of
>> encoding 13605=jdashiel but I don't know which form of encoding so I can't
>> check that out.  It could be lynx doesn't like aria, I'm on the lynx-dev
>> list so I could ask about that.
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>> --
>>  Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
>>  "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
>>  Please use in that order."
>>  Ed Howdershelt 1940.
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>> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, Ken Dunlap via RT wrote:
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>>> Quoth Jude DaShiell via RT ([email protected]):
>>>> File that you are currently viewing
>>>>
>>>>    Linkname:Panix Config
>>>>         URL:https://config.panix.com/shell/13605/13605/edit
>>>>     Charset:utf-8
>>>>      Server:Apache/2.4.58 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.1.1t
>>>>        Date:Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:13:20 GMT
>>>>     Expires:Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
>>>>    Cache-Control:no-store
>>>>    Content-Length:11701 bytes
>>>>    Owner(s):None
>>>>        size:63 lines
>>>>        mode:forms mode, no-cache
>>>>
>>>> Link that you currently have selected
>>>>
>>>>    Linkname:https://config.panix.com/shell/13605/13605/edit
>>>>         URL:https://config.panix.com/shell/13605/13605/edit
>>>>
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>>> That is the link in question.  I'm not sure what lynx thinks a 'Linkname'
>>> is, but the link TEXT is 'jdashiel' or your current disk allotment in MB, depending
>>> on which link you landed on.  I changed that latter from plain text to a link
>>> when I added the aria labels.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
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> -- 
> I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more,
> teach me others. Or let me be silent.
>                        Samuel Beckett (Clov, Endgame)
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