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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT renonevada.net>
  • To: David Herman <ob1 AT yifan.net>, suse-schools-usa AT suse.com
  • Cc: "CommStudios" <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "Reno_Perl_Group" <renotahoe-pm AT pm.org>
  • Subject: [Community_studios] Re: [suse-schools-usa] Whoa
  • Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:49:21 -0700

Hi: I just received this. It was originally sent on Thursday, 11, 2002 at
12:32. What gives?
Thanks,
Tom


On Thursday 11 April 2002 12:56, tom poe wrote:
> On Thursday 11 April 2002 12:32, David Herman wrote:
> - - -snip - - -
>
> > Since you brought up the idea of libraries I thought this info might be
> > relevant.
> >
> > One problem that I've run across (w/ my local libraries) is the
> > interface they use for online access to their catalogs. Both library
> > systems (King County and Seattle Public) use Java , and I've never been
> > able to get them to display properly (100%) in any Linux browser.
> >
> > (the sites if you are interested
> > http://webpac.kcls.org/
> > http://webpac.spl.org/webclient.html)
>
> - - -snip - - -
>
> Hi, David: If I were you, I would forward this email to them, pronto:
>
> "You are using a browser that is not Java-enabled. "
>
> That's what I get when I use a text-based browser, lynx. What that means
> to me, is, that anyone who relies on text-to-voice for using the Internet
> to access the public library, is - - -well, what a shame. Also, I
> encourage you to copy this to your mayor, city council, and any news media
> in the community, not to mention the local organizations that work with the
> disabled. Remember, these are federally funded entities.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
> http://www.studioforrecording.org/
> http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
> http://renotahoe.pm.org/




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