Re: Big push on testing needed

2016-01-28 Thread george greenfield
In message <5548c5c513cvj...@waitrose.com> Chris Newman wrote: > In article <3bc72c4755.davem...@my.inbox.com>, >Dave Higton wrote: >> Big news... >> Current test (CI) builds are now release candidates. Yes, a new >> release of NetSurf is imminent. >> Please, everybody, download

Re: NetSurf progress

2015-11-03 Thread george greenfield
In message Dave Higton wrote: > In message > Harriet Bazley 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 impresse

Re: Bad type

2015-10-20 Thread george greenfield
In message <15dd751555.r...@user.minijem.plus.com> Richard Porter wrote: > I get an awful lot of "Bad type" errors when clicking on links. What > does this mean? I guess it has something to do with javascript. > You may find disabling Javascript in Choices-Content reduces/eliminates t

Re: #2988 hanging

2015-10-13 Thread george greenfield
In message <20151013152414.gb23...@platypus.pepperfish.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 04:39:32AM -0800, Dave Higton wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:09:27 +0100 George Greenfield wrote: >> >> > I must confess to having used Ctrl-Break

Re: #2988 hanging

2015-10-13 Thread george greenfield
In message Gavin Wraith wrote: > In message <35e4e54c747.0d53d...@davehigton.me.uk> > Dave Higton wrote: > > >>There's another point worth making here. If you think NS has >>crashed, use Alt-Break. Note: NEVER use Ctrl-Break, various >>RISC OS luminaries class it as

Re: New Netsurf - improved Javascript stability

2015-09-29 Thread george greenfield
In message <550abce24acvj...@waitrose.com> Chris Newman wrote: > In article , >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

Re: El Reg formats differently these days - why?

2015-08-22 Thread george greenfield
In message Bryn Evans wrote: > In a mad moment - Dave Higton mumbled : > [snip] > >> So I have to assume that El Reg have changed their layout in some way. > >> The HTML is beyond my comprehension. Can anyone else explain what's >> going on? > > it is the same using Firefox and L

Re: Crash with #2860

2015-07-19 Thread george greenfield
In message <54e5a942dbbbai...@argonet.co.uk> Brian wrote: > In article <98959be554.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young > wrote: >> On 19 Jul 2015 David Pitt wrote: > >> > David Pitt, on 19 Jul, wrote: > >> >> David Pitt, on 19 Jul, wrote: >> >> >> >>> "Chris Young", on 19 J

Re: Crash with #2860

2015-07-19 Thread george greenfield
In message <8b5191e554.geo...@tiscali..co.uk> you wrote: > In message <54e588d713bbai...@argonet.co.uk> > Brian wrote: > >> In article <14a182e554.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young >> wrote: >>> I can't raise a bug report for this, as the bug-reporting page was >>> off-line w

Re: Crash with #2860

2015-07-19 Thread george greenfield
In message <54e588d713bbai...@argonet.co.uk> Brian wrote: > In article <14a182e554.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young > wrote: >> I can't raise a bug report for this, as the bug-reporting page was >> off-line when I tried just now. I'll try again later today. > >> ARMX6, RISC

Re: Google

2015-05-14 Thread george greenfield
In message <54c34dbdb8brian.jord...@btinternet.com> Brian Jordan wrote: > In article <54c3467e90ris...@gotadsl.co.uk>, >Richard Ashbery wrote: >> In article <54c2328532joh...@ukgateway.net>, John Williams >> wrote: >> > In article <1c3b90c054.r...@user.minijem.plus.com>, Richard P

Re: Google

2015-05-09 Thread george greenfield
In message <54c0f71aa9li...@torrens.org.uk> "Richard Torrens (lists)" wrote: [snip] > > > Sorry, I've confused myself by togling JS once too many times. > > The search script on my www site does work with JF off: Relevant bit is > > > > http://www.google.com/custom> > > > > >

Re: Google

2015-05-08 Thread george greenfield
In message <3d8ea4c054.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> Tony Moore wrote: > On 8 May 2015, george greenfield > wrote: > > [snip] > >> So a temporary workaround might be to enable JS, hotlist all >> regularly-visited/needed sites, then disable

Re: Google

2015-05-08 Thread george greenfield
In message Tony Moore wrote: > On 8 May 2015, Andrew Pinder wrote: > > [snip] > >> Which version of NetSurf are we talking about here? I'm on 3.4 (Dev >> CI #2771) on RO 5.22 and haven't seen any problems with Google. > > Try tuning off JavaScript. > > Tony With JS off, accessin

Re: Updated disc cache

2015-04-04 Thread george greenfield
In message <20150403135237.gd18...@kyllikki.org> Vincent Sanders wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:39:05PM +0100, cj wrote: >> In article , >>David Pitt wrote: >> > Hmm! My Iyonix did over three time better than that, and there was >> > no "too slow" message. My test piece was ht

Re: BBC News

2015-03-30 Thread george greenfield
In message Tony Moore wrote: > According to http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-editors-32016166 > published by the BBC, on 23 March 2015 > >Our new "responsive" design [of the BBC News website], which we've >just launched for desktop computer, aims to make sure the site looks >

Re: #2652 page rendering oddity

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
In message <54a546bb12bbai...@argonet.co.uk> Brian wrote: > Almost invariably, loading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen initially > gives a page display which looks to me like the an incomplete html file > contents (poor description, explanation, I'm afraid). Reloading the page > u

Re: Disc cache updates

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
In message <72ec0aa554.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk> Harriet Bazley wrote: > On 14 Mar 2015 as I do recall, > Andrew Pinder wrote: > >> In message <20141201160839.gh10...@kyllikki.org> >> on 1 Dec 2014 Vincent Sanders wrote: >> >> > The disc cache has recently been updated to

Re: BBC News site

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
In message Fred Bambrough wrote: > In message <00019af7.01f79490a...@smtp.freeola.net> > Peter Slegg wrote: > >> >> I've just installed Atari build 2652. When I try to open the BBC news >> site www.bbc.co.uk/news/ it pops up a message: >> >> Failure when receiving data from p

Re: NS serious error

2015-03-12 Thread george greenfield
In message David Pitt wrote: > Dave Higton, on 11 Mar, wrote: > >> In message <55931.82.153.33.53.1426101904.squir...@email.orpheusnet.co.uk> >> "Gerald Dodson" wrote: >> >> > > In message >> > <52388.82.153.33.53.1425934245.squir...@email.orpheusnet.co.uk> >> >> "

Re: #2463 - Scanning fonts

2014-12-21 Thread george greenfield
In message Andrew Pinder wrote: > In message <54797458f6bbai...@argonet.co.uk> > on 21 Dec 2014 Brian wrote: > >> NetSurf has very recently started scanning fonts during loading. This >> hasn't happened for ages. Is this a glitch, perhaps, or revised behaviour? > > I think a releva

Re: BBC sites very slow.

2014-12-18 Thread george greenfield
In message <235c187854.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> Peter Young wrote: > On 18 Dec 2014 Brian Howlett wrote: > >> On 18 Dec, Peter Young wrote: > >>> Using http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/gl52 1 minute 20 seconds with RISC >>> OS NetSurf, already on the icon bar > >> 12.1 seconds her

Re: BBC sites very slow.

2014-12-17 Thread george greenfield
In message Peter Young wrote: > On 17 Dec 2014 Peter Young wrote: > >> This is with RISC OS and development builds, currently #2441, but has >> been happening for several days now. > >> Any of the BBC sites are now taking a lot longer to download, maybe by >> a factor of five to te

Re: Change.org massively scaled images

2014-12-03 Thread george greenfield
In message <54705f9528ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk> cj wrote: > In article , >David Pitt wrote: >> > At least this is what I get on NS 3.3 Dev Cl#2419, RISC OS 5.21 >> > Raspberry Pi, be interesting to see what happens on other >> > platforms? > > Seems to be the same on the Iyonix.

Re: Disc cache worth it?

2014-06-25 Thread george greenfield
In message <20140624211245.gm1...@platypus.pepperfish.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 06:36:18PM +0100, Chris Young wrote: >> >> It would be interesting to see if a Raspberry Pi running the GTK >> version from SD card has the same slowness. > > Assuming you were run

Re: Version 1773

2014-03-28 Thread george greenfield
at my end, then. Thanks. > Might be an idea to run a Disknight check on your hard drive: IME a bad map can cause otherwise inexplicable problems. -- george greenfield

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread george greenfield
a warning about a > module being out of date. But the Unicode stuff is not modules: > would Netsurf warn if any Unicode files are missing or outdated? > > I am in the 'ALWAYS update !Boot and !System' camp. I often notice, when doing so, that the hourglass/percentage twitches briefly into life, which suggests that something is being overwritten, i.e., altered, presumably necessarily. -- george greenfield

RE: Sockets

2014-02-04 Thread george greenfield
lure in Netsurf for quite a while, so I wouldn't say it's a new problem. Quitting and restarting Netsurf seems to restore normal behaviour, as the others have found. George -- george greenfield

Re: Drag 'N Drop & PayPal

2013-03-05 Thread george greenfield
t; RiscPC 700 Strong Arm Adjust 4.39 with Unipod > > Anybody else tried? > #956 displays the PayPal link pages if javascript is disabled. George RPCEmu089/4.02 on Win7 64-bit -- george greenfield

Re: rendering of Wikipedia page

2013-02-25 Thread george greenfield
e. Anyway, results here under RPCEmu089/402 (system details as before, NS #932, json): Test 1: 3s Test 2: 8s Test 3: 2s The thought occurs that local network speed could have a bearing on these results as well. G -- george greenfield

Re: rendering of Wikipedia page

2013-02-25 Thread george greenfield
t it is now obsolescent, even by RISC OS standards. On the PC side using Firefox the page takes under a second. Cheers, George -- george greenfield

RE: Thetrainline.com crashes CI #744

2012-12-18 Thread george greenfield
if you prefer. Don't get me wrong: I intended no criticism of JS-enabled NetSurf, in fact I think it's splendid, and to be supported in every way, including the submission of bug reports where appropriate. It was just a bit ironic that the bug tracker itself was amongst the casualties! George -- george greenfield

Thetrainline.com crashes CI #744

2012-12-18 Thread george greenfield
mode with 256MB running on Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

Re: RISC OS Javascript support

2012-12-14 Thread george greenfield
ing it out restored the status quo (i.e., partial operation of js). I'm running the #727 build. George -- george greenfield

Re: RISC OS Javascript support

2012-12-13 Thread george greenfield
nce number between logins, which was also not the case previously. Other sites: thetrainline.com now goes straight to train timetable info, previously it showed a 'your js is disabled, click here for the non-js page'; Streetmap's new Beta page does not work however, but this may be using Flash as well as javascript. George george greenfield

Re: #670

2012-11-23 Thread george greenfield
cted due to more precise checking, then. > > Haven't knowingly changed anything, but ... > > John > > Works OK here too (RPCEmu 0.8.9/RO 4.02, 256MB RAM, Recompiler, Win7-64-bit). Might be an idea to run FixFonts from inside the !NetSurf app folder, and/or Disknight in

Re: NetSurf Developer Workshop

2012-11-07 Thread george greenfield
s the associated names) > are invisible. Tt will be a great improvement being able to see them. > Re javascript and NetSurf, could the 'jsoff' component in the test-build titles be meaningful, I wonder ;-) George -- george greenfield

Re: NetSurf Developer Workshop

2012-11-05 Thread george greenfield
#590 at the moment and already it is a considerable advance on 2.9 - the rate of progress is impressive and a credit to the developers. Cheers George -- george greenfield

Re: El Reg timeouts

2012-10-12 Thread george greenfield
In message Tony Moore wrote: > On 12 Oct 2012, Richard Porter wrote: >> On 12 Oct 2012 george greenfield wrote: >> >> > No problem accessing El Reg Software >> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/software/ and accessing >> &g

El Reg timeouts

2012-10-12 Thread george greenfield
56MB RAM), Win7 (64-bit). NetSurf 3.0 #417.. George -- george greenfield

Re: Could someone look at

2012-10-09 Thread george greenfield
ite formats OK here. My details: NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02 (256MB RAM), Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

Re: NetSurf running out of memory

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
iberate memory makes no odds. The amount of memory claimed is not excessive; 6800k and 5632k for application tasks and dynamic areas respectively. > [snipped] My details: NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit). george -- george greenfield

Re: NetSurf running out of memory

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
que to my setup I will post > a bug report. > No problem with memory here. The site links work also. Memory use ((NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit) for NetSurf is 6816k (application tasks) and 22208k (dynamic areas). George -- george greenfield

Re: Could someone look at

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
me here. (NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

Re: Crashes on sites with frames

2012-10-06 Thread george greenfield
ashing, but the 'Archive' page header is partially obscured by the frame below ('A monthly magazine for users of RISC OS'), so is not displaying correctly. The links to the left seem to work OK, as do the sliders. (NS-2012-10-02_20-23-02, running on RPCEmu 0.8.9/RO 4.02

Re: Request for feedback

2012-10-06 Thread george greenfield
In message <52da69197bt...@netsurf-browser.org> Michael Drake wrote: > In article <800067da52.geo...@tiscali..co.uk>, > george greenfield wrote: > >> BTW, a small plea to the developers: could the current release details >> be reinstated under 

Re: Request for feedback

2012-10-06 Thread george greenfield
der 'Info' (Menu over NetSurf icon)? This (if possible) would make it easier to give NS release details when bug reporting. At the moment it just says '3.0 (Development)'. George -- george greenfield

Re: User feedback requested (esp. RISC OS)

2012-10-03 Thread george greenfield
est builds. Simples. George (*as it clearly states on the Netsurf site, use of the development builds is at the user's risk. As for quality of bug reports, it is alwasy open to the developers to ask for more/better info on any particular report. FWIW, I have found the 28-9_19-54-37 build to be both much faster and stable on my RPCEmu 0.8.9/4.02 Win7 installation) -- george greenfield

Re: User feedback requested (esp. RISC OS)

2012-09-29 Thread george greenfield
ried was > > Cheers, > I'm using the 3.0 development build 2012-09-28_19-54-37 on RPCEmu 0.8.9/RISC OS 4.02 on a Windows 7 (64-bit) PC. Got a run of 'Base stylesheet failed to load' errors, but quitting and reloading Netsurf 3.0 restored normal service. Seems fine so far, and nippier than 2.9. Good work! George -- george greenfield

Re: Barclays internet banking has stopped working

2012-04-17 Thread george greenfield
In message <5281bd3323alan_cal...@o2.co.uk> Alan Calder wrote: > In article <110fbb8152.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, >Peter Young wrote: >> On 17 Apr 2012 george greenfield >> wrote: > > [Snip] > >> > Has anyone managed to

Barclays internet banking has stopped working

2012-04-17 Thread george greenfield
banking is not available' message. Logging in on a js-enabled Firefox/WinPC is possible however, so the site does still work. Has anyone managed to do internet banking with Barclays using NetSurf? George -- george greenfield

Re: Digest mode

2012-03-29 Thread george greenfield
In message <52782a9951evanal...@talktalk.net> wrote: > In article , george greenfield > wrote: >> I did enable it; it arrives; I tend to ignore it. > > Perhaps you ought to disable it? > You mean I ought to take control of my life? Steady on... -- george greenfield

Re: Digest mode

2012-03-29 Thread george greenfield
In message <8d001425ead6b919cdaeed0ce55f3f6b-EhVcX1lFRQVaRwYcDTpQCEFdd qzlvf5dqunbajbbxkngv10mqv13b0ttwzbeqkybx1tcrlfv-webmail...@server02.webmailer.ho steurope.de> m0n0 wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 29.03.2012, 11:55 +0200 schrieb george greenfield > : > >> I

Re: netsurf-users Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6

2012-03-29 Thread george greenfield
messages, for same reasons as Richard states. I tend to ignore the digest, TBH. George -- george greenfield