In message <eb8cf11c55.davem...@my.inbox.com> Dave Higton <d...@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> In message <a3feee1c55.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk> > Harriet Bazley <li...@orange.wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote: > >>On 3 Nov 2015 as I do recall, >> Dave Higton wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >> >>> In short, I feel very much encouraged by recent progress, and I >>> hope you all do too! >>> >>I've been very impressed by the speed with which the last few issues I've >>reported have been fixed. > > Thanks for speaking up, Harriet. The developers really are trying! > > Perhaps your posting will add weight to my pleas for more testing. > > Another thing: you must have downloaded and tried numerous development > (CI) builds. How many have given you trouble? > IME the development builds are pretty stable. I generally update NS every couple of weeks or so and have been doing so since the CI series started: I could probably count the troublesome versions on the fingers of one hand. I keep a copy of the last stable release in any case, and can revert to that in the (rare) event of problems. Good to see development is proceeding energetically: the platform doesn't have too many alternatives to NetSurf. I've used Peter Naulls' Firefox port in the past, and the Otter port fairly intensively over the past 3 weeks and, while the latter is promising, it is not yet responsive enough for day-in, day-out use on a low-powered computer such as a Pi or Iyonix, IMO, and I imagine a considerable amount of work would be required to make it so. We really do need NetSurf! -- George