Website improvements
by James Bursa
The website is due for improvements in content, navigation, and design. I
think we should start by figuring out the aims of visitors of the site:
- a non-user who wants to know what NetSurf is and why he should get it
- a non-user who wants to install NetSurf
- a user who wants to upgrade to the latest version
- a user who wants to report a bug
- a user who wants to contribute in some way
- a user who needs help or documentation
- a webmaster who's seen NetSurf in their log and wants to know what it is
- a user or web designer who wants to know which standards NetSurf supports
- a new developer who would like to get the source and contribute
- a new developer on some device or platform who's looking for a browser to
port
- someone who wants to contact us
Any more that I've missed?
Current content of the site is:
- front page (currently summary, news, links)
- news archive
- screenshots
- downloads
- development information
- documentation
- development progress
- licence
- mailing lists links
- development plan
- themes
James
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James Bursa, NetSurf developer http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
15 years, 10 months
Bug#434963: HTML form <select> widget unusable
by Vincent Sanders
----- Forwarded message from "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck(a)gmail.com> -----
From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:58:01 +1000
Subject: Bug#434963: HTML form <select> widget unusable
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit(a)bugs.debian.org>
Package: netsurf
Version: 1.0-1
Severity: normal
A <select> form widget provides a finite list of choices to select
from. In iceweasel, for example, this is rendered as a drop-down
list.
In netsurf, placing the mouse over such a widget causes the pointer to
change to an image of a mouse with the third (right) button pressed,
but pressing any mouse button appears to have no effect.
A page that manifests this problem is <http://bugs.python.org>.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages netsurf depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.18.0-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1+b2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcurl3 7.16.2-6 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.1-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.13-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liblcms1 1.16-6 Color management library
ii libmng1 1.0.9-1 Multiple-image Network Graphics li
ii libpango1.0-0 1.16.4-3 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8e-5+b1 SSL shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.8-2 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.29.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.1-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-5 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages netsurf recommends:
ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
-- no debconf information
----- End forwarded message -----
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Regards Vincent
http://www.kyllikki.org/
15 years, 12 months
Re: Access to www.bailii.org forbidden by web server
by John-Mark Bell
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Roger Burton West wrote:
>> Is there any reason for this to be the case and would it be possible for
>> this to be resolved?
>
> The problem is a spidering system called "Surf", which has been used in
> several attempts to mass-copy the contents of BAILII; it tends to have
> a "padded" user-agent string, presumably to catch sites that are
> looking explicitly for "Mozilla" or whatever.
Ah, right.
> However, since nobody has attempted to use this recently, I have
> narrowed the restriction and your users should now have no difficulty in
> gaining access to BAILII. If I have to broaden the restriction again, I
> shall contact you and attempt to find an alternative resolution.
Many thanks for this.
John.
15 years, 12 months
Access to www.bailii.org forbidden by web server
by John-Mark Bell
Hello,
I believe you are the correct person to contact in relation to this query.
If not, please accept my apologies and forward the mail on to someone more
appropriate.
I am one of the developers of an Open-Source web browser called NetSurf
(http://www.netsurf-browser.org/) which is available for a minority
operating system, RISC OS, and also for Linux/BSD.
I have had a report from a user that they are currently unable to access
your website. Upon investigation, it would appear that your web server is
forbidding access (i.e. replying with an HTTP 403 response) to any user
agent which sends a User-Agent HTTP header containing the word "NetSurf"
(case insensitive).
Is there any reason for this to be the case and would it be possible for
this to be resolved?
Many thanks in anticipation of a prompt reply,
John.
15 years, 12 months
