bad linebreaks
by Jim Nagel
I raised a report on the bug-tracker about really bad linebreaks that
Netsurf sometimes commits.
This isn't a new thing. I'm using #4316 but fault has existed since
many many versions ago and as far as I know has never been reported.
My theory is that the Netsurf code thinks it's OK to start a new line
when text reaches nearly the edge of the frame and that it can perform
the break not only at a wordspace but also at an HTML tag, i.e. at "<"
or ">" or "&xxx;". (Hmm, what about ?)
You too often see a word like "John’s" with the apostrophe-s or
just the -s on the next line. Or a split in the middle of something
like "<i>x</i><sup>2</sup>=4<i>y</i>". Or "(<a href=...> blabla</a>)"
can leave the opening or closing parenthesis on a different line. Or
worse.
It obviously depends on the width of the window, so you might have to
drag the width to see it happen (presuming of course that it's not a
fixed-width page). Try a news page from http://theregister.co.uk as
an example.
Anybody concur with me?
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Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk
5 years
NetSurf web sites
by Vincent Sanders
All the NetSurf web services [1] are now securely accessible. This has
been made possible by the lets encrypt service [2] providing no cost
certificates and pepperfish proving the infrastructure to manage them.
We are making this change to ensure our users privacy is protected.
The NetSurf project collects no personally identifying data
about users of our web services except that required to provide the
service [3] and we do not believe third parties should be able to
intercept such information either.
Daniel Silverstone and myself have now updated all the NetSurf
infrastructure to make https available. It is intended that after a
short stabilisation period that web server and wiki will have HSTS [4]
enabled. Once this occurs only encrypted connections will be
available to NetSurf services.
Please ensure there are no issues with the secure sites (let us know
if there are!) and update any links you may have in external
documents.
[1] https://www.netsurf-browser.org/
https://wiki.netsurf-browser.org/
https://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/
https://ci.netsurf-browser.org/
[2] https://letsencrypt.org/
[3] The bugs interface requires a user identifier and email address
which are required to use the service and we do not use
that data for any other purpose than tracking bugs.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security
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Regards Vincent
http://www.kyllikki.org/
5 years, 2 months
Page refresh
by Richard Porter
I'm finding that the reload tool isn't working. I update my web site and
then check it but NetSurf won't show the changes. Refreshing the page
doesn't work. I've tried different cache choices.
If I quit NetSurf and then re-run it, it loads the new page.
Has anyone got a solution before I raise a bug report?
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Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/
t: @westernexplorer mailto:ricp@minijem.plus.com
I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.
5 years, 2 months
mobile Twitter
by Harriet Bazley
https://mobile.twitter.com no longer works with JavaScript enabled in
Netsurf, so between that and Gmail I've ended up disabling JS again for all
users here. No more opportunity for debugging - sorry.
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Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
5 years, 2 months
launching a PDF from a link
by Jim Nagel
Is there a way of causing Netsurf to actually open a PDF, rather than
offering to download it, when the user clicks a link to the PDF?
When you click the link for a Jpeg (or various other types of file),
the file opens immediately. Why does PDF behave differently? What is
the mechanism involved?
And why does the PDF link cause BOTH the download dialogue AND a blank
web page to appear?
I'm using RiscOS 5.23 and at the moment Netsurf #4342.
(I presume things would differ for, say, Amiga instead of RiscOS.)
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Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk
5 years, 2 months
