Yes, amazon.com did leave a cookie in ~/.lynx_cookies At this point I shouldn't take this testing any further though I could throw eww firefox edbrowse and chrome at it to find out if any of them will play the challenge. If I were to do this and fail in every instance I'd conclude amazon isn't Linux-Friendly in addition to being less than blind-friendly.
On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:37:20 > From: Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> > To: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> > Cc: "lynx-dev@nongnu.org" <lynx-dev@nongnu.org> > Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon? > > ..which is why I would appreciate a test. > When I visit www.amazon.com > A cookie is accepted right away. However when I sign in, say after choosing > proceed to checkout two things happen. > first, again after the cookie is allowed I reach a page that says > Important message! To better protect your account please reenter your > password and type the characters in the image below..which for me is not an > option. > Still, even if Amazon staff provide something for that verification field, or > if I leave the field blank, I get a request to allow cookies message. > In fact I cannot go forward until I turn on what is already turned on. > So I am wanting to discover if this error might be unique to the lynx setup > at shellworld, or if this is something Amazon is doing where Lynx is concerned > in general. > > > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > If the cookie complaint happens at login amazon expects a cookie from > > you. If it only happens during checkout, I don't know what's > > happening. I suspect based on your browser amazon thinks you're not > > doing cookie transactions with it and has that hard coded somewhere. > > > > Aug 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > >> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:03:08 > >> From: Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> > >> To: "lynx-dev@nongnu.org" <lynx-dev@nongnu.org> > >> Subject: [Lynx-dev] lynx and amazon? > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> Curious if anyone here has successfully used one of the updated editions of > >> lynx to sign into, and complete an order at amazon.com? > >> Lately I am getting a please turn on cookies error, even with my cookies > >> being > >> accepted. > >> Further if I try more than once the site request authentication, thinking > >> i > >> am a hacker. > >> Even the so called access site, the one for simplified browsing now has > >> issues. > >> Thanks, > >> Karen > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Lynx-dev mailing list > >> Lynx-dev@nongnu.org > >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev > >> > > > > -- > > > > > -- _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
