Comments on: Web 0.1 head-to-head: 37Signals’ Backpackit vs. Gmail in Lynx http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/ A little bit technology, a little bit rock-n-roll Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:21:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: theDiesel http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-236491 theDiesel Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:52:15 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-236491 Sorry to revive such an old topic but if you have gotten GMAIL to work with Lynx can anyone post the settings they use? I'm a new but big fan of the Lynx project. Sorry to revive such an old topic but if you have gotten GMAIL to work with Lynx can anyone post the settings they use? I’m a new but big fan of the Lynx project.

]]> By: Jared Norman http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-67496 Jared Norman Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:30:22 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-67496 Using Lynx, gmail is usable. When you reach the refresh page you just follow that link and you will find yourself face to face with your inbox. Using Lynx, gmail is usable. When you reach the refresh page you just follow that link and you will find yourself face to face with your inbox.

]]> By: ebyblog » Blog Archive » Don’t Forget Web 0.1 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-491 ebyblog » Blog Archive » Don’t Forget Web 0.1 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:57:15 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-491 [...] but if things fail it should still work with page loads. I saw a good example of this when a post about Backpack vs Gmail came across [...] [...] but if things fail it should still work with page loads. I saw a good example of this when a post about Backpack vs Gmail came across [...]

]]> By: Joe Clark http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Joe Clark Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:31:16 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-485 Screen readers have JavaScript support (they have to: they sit on top of browsers that understand JS). Naturally this is imperfect, but it is not at all like Lynx, which I use every day and which has no JS support. Screen readers have JavaScript support (they have to: they sit on top of browsers that understand JS). Naturally this is imperfect, but it is not at all like Lynx, which I use every day and which has no JS support.

]]> By: Sean McKay http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Sean McKay Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:12:37 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-227 Hi Chad, Just an fyi that if one *needed* a good text based browser, they might check into elinks... A few years ago, when browsing through the NetBSD pkgsrc directory, I found it and it just so happens that Gmail and Backpack both work pretty well with it. Depending on the console you're on, clicking even works. So, just a resource, if you're in a pinch for a text-based browser, you could try elinks in the future. Sean Hi Chad,

Just an fyi that if one *needed* a good text based browser, they might check into elinks…

A few years ago, when browsing through the NetBSD pkgsrc directory, I found it and it just so happens that Gmail and Backpack both work pretty well with it. Depending on the console you’re on, clicking even works. So, just a resource, if you’re in a pinch for a text-based browser, you could try elinks in the future.

Sean

]]> By: vanderwal http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-140 vanderwal Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:26:27 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-140 Excellent job! I am continually running into flights I can not book on line or hotel rooms I can not set the dates because of poor minded developers using AJAX. Not the tool's problem but poor development techniques. I am getting locked out of giving money to people because of Mac and Firefox or Safari is not well supported. I always think of my developers that would travel home for a week or more to various parts of Africa and Southern Asia. Nearly all of them used Yahoo! because it worked in the internet cafes, where MSN and Hotmail did not. Gmail did not load properly. Most of the cafes have older machines with older browsers, but this works with Yahoo! mail. I hope somebody ensures Yahoo! mail will continue to work well for all as they move to more rich interfaces for mail. In the four receptors in the Model of Attraction (intellectual, perceptual, mechanical, and physical) most designers and developers only pay attention to intellectual and perceptual. Most applications fail because of the mechanical receptors (bandwidth, processing power, memory, monitor, etc.). These are simple things to think about and acount for, but when will developers learn if your site or application is usable by all it will more be used more than if it is just cool. (It was wonderful to see Europeans this past week seriously nod as they understand the failures of not having mobile access to information as their culture has moved in that way with a major leap. They also have understood being behind the bandwidth curve for many years, which is no longer the case as they are now quite a bit ahead of the U.S. with broadband penetration and use.) Excellent job! I am continually running into flights I can not book on line or hotel rooms I can not set the dates because of poor minded developers using AJAX. Not the tool’s problem but poor development techniques. I am getting locked out of giving money to people because of Mac and Firefox or Safari is not well supported.

I always think of my developers that would travel home for a week or more to various parts of Africa and Southern Asia. Nearly all of them used Yahoo! because it worked in the internet cafes, where MSN and Hotmail did not. Gmail did not load properly. Most of the cafes have older machines with older browsers, but this works with Yahoo! mail. I hope somebody ensures Yahoo! mail will continue to work well for all as they move to more rich interfaces for mail.

In the four receptors in the Model of Attraction (intellectual, perceptual, mechanical, and physical) most designers and developers only pay attention to intellectual and perceptual. Most applications fail because of the mechanical receptors (bandwidth, processing power, memory, monitor, etc.). These are simple things to think about and acount for, but when will developers learn if your site or application is usable by all it will more be used more than if it is just cool. (It was wonderful to see Europeans this past week seriously nod as they understand the failures of not having mobile access to information as their culture has moved in that way with a major leap. They also have understood being behind the bandwidth curve for many years, which is no longer the case as they are now quite a bit ahead of the U.S. with broadband penetration and use.)

]]> By: Eugene Chan http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2005/10/18/web-01-head-to-head-37signals-backpackit-vs-gmail-in-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Eugene Chan Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:09:22 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=50#comment-139 Chad: Excellent, if informal, test. As Lynx goes so does screenreaders for the blind. So it does mean that web designers who are not thinking about web 0.1 may leave an important segment of users behind. Chad:

Excellent, if informal, test. As Lynx goes so does screenreaders for the blind. So it does mean that web designers who are not thinking about web 0.1 may leave an important segment of users behind.

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