[GTALUG] Linux and on line banking?

[Karen Lewellen]

That speculation is incorrect.
For example, if a blind user is say one of those using a Braille display, 
they will encounter the same issue, because a screen reader simply 
provides  what is on the screen.  you have to use  the enter key.  Meaning 
if the site is scripted to need a mouse click a screen reader cannot fix 
that problem.
Nothing about adaptive technology firmly nor universally  insures access. 
Buttons must work from the keyboard is the wcag rule.
besides there are close to a billion individuals on the planet 
experiencing some degree of sight loss..they are not interchangeable for 
one another.  there is no such thing as most blind people.



On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Alex Kink via talk wrote:

> The limiting factor here is that she can only use very specific set of software/hardware due to her medical condition(s).
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> I'm just speculating but I guess that vast majority of blind users have no issues logging into online banking because they are able to use contemporary, widely supported GUI browsers with their accessibility tools.
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> I don't know what her alternative is and if there is an alternative at all.
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> Bottom line is that she began the thread asking folks which banks' online accounts can they access using text-based browsers under Linux. The purpose of the question, from what I gather, was to figure out which bank she should migrate to, to be able to use online banking.
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> My opinion is, that even if she for example finds out that Desjardins works with `links` today and moves her business over, then tomorrow her access might randomly stop working. This is not because Desjardins did a major website overhaul, but because they updated a javascript library that their cybersec vendor is using on the site. I can bet a nice steak dinner that nobody is doing regression tests for text-based browsers today. If it works, it's just a happy accident.
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>> On Oct 17, 2024, at 22:38, Steve Litt via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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>> Alex Kink via talk said on Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:08:32 -0400
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>>> She is using a text-based browser. Essentially all bets are off. If
>>> she is lucky, some bank site might work to some extent, but given how
>>> much JS is used to dynamically construct the DOM as well as do threat
>>> mitigation, sites that work in a text browser today might stop working
>>> tomorrow.
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>> So what's her alternative, given she's blind?
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>> SteveT
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>> Steve Litt
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>> http://444domains.com
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