Hi Michael, et al.
V1.64 (for DOS) seems to work pretty well, except for a couple
of pre-existing bugs ...
I was a little disappointed to find that the following bug (see further
down) was not addressed. However, I also have new information
about this bug (which hangs the PC!) : If Arachne is configured for
"No Virtual Screens", this avoids the problem.
Status of other (previously reported) bugs :
1. Ignored data packets received from ISP at >9600bps (fast response):
This seems to have improved somewhat, although some of the
ISP's pages still cause a problem. Not sure if the improvement
is due to changes at the ISP end or to Arachne. Note, I believe
this problem is (was?) what causes very slow access for some
people in VESA mode.
2. Crash when receiving "shtml" pages from ISP:
All the ISP's "shtml" pages (and most of the other pages) have
changed recently and this problem no longer exists (or is
dormant). Note, I suspect this problem is/was related to (1).
BTW, there are a few "silly" little bugs which don't ever seem to
get fixed ... is there any interest in reporting these? What about
typo's, etc.? Obviously, these are "low priority" matters ... I just
want to know *how* low. ;-)
Regards to all,
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn McCorkle [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2000 12:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: v1.62 ... URL for Crash ...
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:56:35 +1000, da Silva, Joe wrote:
>
> > 1. Go to "www.start.com.au"
> > 2. Wait a little bit
> > 2. Login as User = "arachne", Password = "browser"
> > 3. Wait(!) a few minutes (lots of cookies and crap)
> > 4. CRASH !!!!!
>
> > Simple, and VERY reproducible (well for me at least,
> > with 1.62 for DOS ...)!
>
> > Bye! ;-)
>
> At http://www.start.com.au/
> The second frame (which is set to a size of zero [0]),
> has a "refresh" tag in it.
>
> This causes it to automatically load a Microsoft VBScript page after 31
> sec.
> That VBScript has an error in it.
>
> ---quoted from the page loaded after 31 sec. ----
> <font face="Arial" size=2>
> <p>Microsoft VBScript runtime </font> <font face="Arial" size=2>error
> '800a000d'</font>
> <p>
> <font face="Arial" size=2>Type mismatch: 'CLng'</font>
> <p>
> <font face="Arial"
> size=2>/Network/System/Pages/System_Pages_Status_c.asp</font><font
> face="Arial"
> size=2>, line 23</font>
> _________________
>
> So, we actually have 2 problems.
> 1) http://www.start.com.au/ has some "bad code".
> 2) Arachne should not crash when it gets this code within a frame set.
>
> I was able to see what was happening by turning frames "off".
> With frames "on"..... the first try it simply froze-up-tight.
> Complete lock-up including keyboard not functional.
> (even the CapsLock, ScrollLock and NumLock keys were "locked")
>
> The second try.....
> I was kicked out of Arachne to the infamous "Error loading font file"
> message. CapsLock, ScrollLock and NumLock keys worked OK.. but nothing
> else worked. (had to press the reset button)
>
> Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
> DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html
> Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
> --
> Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
> Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
> Download Arachne for DOS http://browser.arachne.cz/dos/
> Visit the Arachne home page http://arachne.cz/
