3:42 a.m.
I downloaded the latest CI build of NS yesterday. There hasn't been one
for quite a while. I noticed that it doesn't crash when opening a sport
page of the BBC News website, for example. This is a big improvement.
I think we're seeing evidence of big changes within Netsurf.
Dave
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7:39 a.m.
Dave Higton wrote on 21 Sep:
I downloaded the latest CI build of NS yesterday. There hasn't
been
one for quite a while. I noticed that it doesn't crash when opening a
sport page of the BBC News website, for example. This is a big
improvement.
I think we're seeing evidence of big changes within Netsurf.
Anybody concur?
I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites that
time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
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8:10 a.m.
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:39:02 +0100 Jim Nagel wrote:
Dave Higton wrote on 21 Sep:
> I downloaded the latest CI build of NS yesterday. There hasn't been
> one for quite a while. I noticed that it doesn't crash when opening a
> sport page of the BBC News website, for example. This is a big
> improvement.
> I think we're seeing evidence of big changes within Netsurf.
Anybody concur?
I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites that
time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
I still get that, yes.
Dave
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8:55 a.m.
In article <fae9b50a55.jim(a)abbeypress.net>,
Jim Nagel <netsurf(a)abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
Dave Higton wrote on 21 Sep:
> I downloaded the latest CI build of NS yesterday. There
hasn't been
> one for quite a while. I noticed that it doesn't crash when opening a
> sport page of the BBC News website, for example. This is a big
> improvement.
> I think we're seeing evidence of big changes within Netsurf.
Anybody concur?
I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites
that
time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
Same here with #2964
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Chris
11:58 a.m.
In message <550abce24acvjazz(a)waitrose.com>
Chris Newman <cvjazz(a)waitrose.com> wrote:
In article <fae9b50a55.jim(a)abbeypress.net>,
Jim Nagel <netsurf(a)abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
> Dave Higton wrote on 21 Sep:
> > I downloaded the latest CI build of NS yesterday. There hasn't been
> > one for quite a while. I noticed that it doesn't crash when opening a
> > sport page of the BBC News website, for example. This is a big
> > improvement.
> > I think we're seeing evidence of big changes within Netsurf.
> Anybody concur?
> I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites that
> time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
> forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
> Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
> Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
Same here with #2964
I recently upgraded to #2964 from #2953 and AFAICS the
javascript-enabled behaviour and functionality* is identical in both,
and I too have the endless hourglassing behaviour unless JS is
disabled. I don't mean to be downbeat or decry the efforts of the
developers - NetSurf is a fine lightweight browser, better than any
RISC OS alternative that I've tried**, and no doubt the developers
would be the first to agree that javascript functionality is very much
a work in progress.
(* virtually non-existent)
(** that doesn't include the recent Otter port)
--
George
6:11 a.m.
On 29 Sep 2015 as I do recall,
Jim Nagel wrote:
[snip]
I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites
that
time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
Can't you just switch off JavaScript and reload the page without having to
restart Netsurf? That's always worked for me.
(Still on 2817 to avoid auto-JavaScript-start-up)
--
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
6:02 a.m.
On 2015-Sep-29 Jim Nagel wrote:
[snip]
> I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites that
> time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on
> forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf.
> Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off
> Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
Harriet Bazley wrote on 4 Oct:
Can't you just switch off JavaScript and reload the page without
having to
restart Netsurf? That's always worked for me.
You're right. Your revelation simplifies it a bit for me.
(Still on 2817 to avoid auto-JavaScript-start-up)
I'm on #2968 now, after Vincent Sanders (thanks!) improved something
as a result of a particular site I reported.
Steve Fryatt posted links in this thread to the Netsurf team's
explanations of why they have configured Javascript to be on by
default: they WANT to receive reports of problem sites so that they
can refine their code. So thanks again, Vincent!
--
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