Re: [Lynx-dev] a cookie question?

2019-01-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
As explained about the amazon error, there were literary no fields into 
which to  type  log in information at all.  Needless to say the amazon 
cookies  stay now.

I also understand cookies are added at the bottom.
Kare



On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, russellb...@gmail.com wrote:



Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'If I remove the cookies for amazon.com,
as the site is currently configured and then try to log in again using
lynx I am presented with a page that has no fields for my username and
password.  Instead there are links for things that normally appear at
the bottom of their log in page.'
A site that allows logging in, if it keeps track of
logged-in-ness by looking at cookies, will require logging in if it
doesn't find a cookie.  This happens to me at 'The Lancet'.  I find
the login page

Quoth Karen Lewellen: ' Further one sometimes gets told to
allow cookies, but if I edit my .lynx-cookies file, amazon adds more.'
A site that uses cookies will if it can, no matter how many
times one deletes them.

Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'There is a Toronto radio station who
would fail to find their cookie if the file is too large.'
lynx provides the cookie; sites don't get to see the whole
cookie file; they can't know how large it is.

Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'If I am not careful I can end up with
hundreds and hundreds of cookies in this file.'
I have 385 today with no trouble.  I care not.

russell bell

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Re: [Lynx-dev] a cookie question?

2019-01-31 Thread russellbell


Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'If I remove the cookies for amazon.com,
as the site is currently configured and then try to log in again using
lynx I am presented with a page that has no fields for my username and
password.  Instead there are links for things that normally appear at
the bottom of their log in page.'
A site that allows logging in, if it keeps track of
logged-in-ness by looking at cookies, will require logging in if it
doesn't find a cookie.  This happens to me at 'The Lancet'.  I find
the login page

Quoth Karen Lewellen: ' Further one sometimes gets told to
allow cookies, but if I edit my .lynx-cookies file, amazon adds more.'
A site that uses cookies will if it can, no matter how many
times one deletes them.

Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'There is a Toronto radio station who
would fail to find their cookie if the file is too large.'
lynx provides the cookie; sites don't get to see the whole
cookie file; they can't know how large it is.

Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'If I am not careful I can end up with
hundreds and hundreds of cookies in this file.'
I have 385 today with no trouble.  I care not.

russell bell

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