10:05 a.m.
Hi folks
I wonder if I am the only one who finds www.192.com extremely useful
and is frustrated by the fact that the search boxes on the home page
do not work in NetSurf.
In some previous versions you could enter details even though you
appeared to type invisible text. The last few versions do not allow
entry at all.
Could somebody who understands such things tell me whether this is a
NetSurf problem or badly written page. In the case of the latter I
would take it up with the owners. But I at least would like to appear
that I know what I am talking about.
There are other ways of using the site by moving off the home page.
Thanks in anticipation.
--
Mike Binks RiscOS Select
Christian by Grace Virtual RiscPC
Living in Bonny Galloway http://www.hollybank.net
7:32 p.m.
In message <1ceac7484e.Mike(a)mike.hollybank.net>
Mike Binks <mike(a)hollybank.net> wrote:
I wonder if I am the only one who finds www.192.com extremely useful
and is frustrated by the fact that the search boxes on the home page
do not work in NetSurf.
In some previous versions you could enter details even though you
appeared to type invisible text. The last few versions do not allow
entry at all.
Could somebody who understands such things tell me whether this is a
NetSurf problem or badly written page. In the case of the latter I
would take it up with the owners. But I at least would like to appear
that I know what I am talking about.
There are other ways of using the site by moving off the home page.
I think it's some and some. I ran the page through HTML tidy and it
still wasn't displayed perfectly, but I could put the cursor in the
box.
If you complain, remember to mention that they are not using valid
html (send them this link):
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.192.com
You could also question how you can trust their service is correct if
they are unable to produce a site that is valid. (May be OTT for first
communication, save it for when they tell you to use internet
explorer, perhaps)
--
Jess Iyonix
contact http://jess.itworkshop-nexus.net
mailto:groups@jess.itworkshop-nexus.net
8:54 p.m.
On 19 Jul, Jess Hampshire wrote:
It does work here, with Test Build (18 Jul 2006 02:00) but it
is very
hard to place the caret in to the search boxes - the area where the
pointer changes to a caret is very narrow, and you have to click
carefully to enter details. I could only get the "Location" box to
display what I entered, the "I am looking for" box displayed what I
typed in OK, but the search was carried out successfully.
--
Brian Howlett
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I put instant coffee in the microwave, and almost went back in time...
In message <1ceac7484e.Mike(a)mike.hollybank.net>
Mike Binks <mike(a)hollybank.net> wrote:
> I wonder if I am the only one who finds www.192.com extremely useful
> and is frustrated by the fact that the search boxes on the home page
> do not work in NetSurf.
[snip]
I think it's some and some. I ran the page through HTML tidy and it
still wasn't displayed perfectly, but I could put the cursor in the
box.
[snip]
9:11 p.m.
On 19 Jul, Brian Howlett wrote:
[snip]
I must proof-ead more carfilly...
I could only get the "Location" box to display what I
entered, the "I
am looking for" box displayed what I typed in OK, but the search was
carried out successfully.
What I should have said is that the "I am looking for" box did *not*
display what I typed in, but nevertheless the search worked.
--
Brian Howlett
---------------------------------
I ate a dozen oysters last night.
Only seven of them worked...
10:40 p.m.
In message <cf6903494e.Brian(a)brianhowlett.me.uk>
Brian Howlett <brian.groups(a)brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
On 19 Jul, Jess Hampshire wrote:
>
> In message <1ceac7484e.Mike(a)mike.hollybank.net>
> Mike Binks <mike(a)hollybank.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I wonder if I am the only one who finds www.192.com extremely useful
>> and is frustrated by the fact that the search boxes on the home page
>> do not work in NetSurf.
[snip]
>
> I think it's some and some. I ran the page through HTML tidy and it
> still wasn't displayed perfectly, but I could put the cursor in the
> box.
[snip]
>
It does work here, with Test Build (18 Jul 2006 02:00) but it is very
hard to place the caret in to the search boxes - the area where the
pointer changes to a caret is very narrow, and you have to click
carefully to enter details. I could only get the "Location" box to
display what I entered, the "I am looking for" box displayed what I
typed in OK, but the search was carried out successfully.
Now there is a funny thing... I am using the same build and I cannot
get the pointer to change to a cursor at all. What you get sounds like
what I used to get from previous builds.
Thanks for trying it.
--
Mike Binks RiscOS Select
Christian by Grace Virtual RiscPC
Living in Bonny Galloway http://www.hollybank.net
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