As for the windows port update. I'm taking a look at the patches used and I'm going to see if I can provide an update binary for icecat sometime this week. No promises though.
On Oct 31, 2017 7:04 AM, "Felix Fröhlich" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I believe this may be because of the add-on LibreJS, which prohibits the > use of any and all non-free JavaScripts on websites (see also: > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html). However, it is > possible to override this mechanism and allow a website to run these > scripts. To do this, you can drag the LibreJS button into the toolbar > and click it to check whether or not any scripts have been blocked. If > any scripts have been blocked, they should be able to be unblocked by > clicking the "Allow all scripts on this page" button in the top right. > > Alternatively, if you use lots and lots of sites that break with LibreJS > enabled and it's too bothersome to click that button every time, you can > disable the add-on in IceCat's extensions page (about:addons). However, > I do not recommend doing this, as it allows your browser to run non-free > software. > > On a side note, I would generally recommend using a script blocking > add-on which you can use to determine which scripts should be executed > and which shouldn't. uBlock, uMatrix (advanced) and NoScript are add-ons > which can be used to achieve this (and are free software ;)). They don't > indiscriminately ban all non-free scripts but determine whether or not > they should be loaded and run based on where they are coming from. > > Kind regards > > Felix > > On 31/10/17 11:45, Chris Rogers wrote: > > Hi Felix, > > > > Thanks for your reply. I've successfully downloaded and installed > > IceCat from that URL you kindly sent me. I realise that the Windows > > versions will lag behind the Linux versions a little. > > > > I'm a little concerned that I'm not going to be able to use IceCat > > very much as it doesn't seem to work very well. The first website I > > tried was the BBC News website - a trusted source that I use all the > > time. It didn't display at all in the way I expected, showing giant > > graphic icons instead of the normal size, failing to arrange the > > sections of the screen in their normal places and not presenting the > > page very well at all. > > > > I appreciate that this may be because the BBC is coding it in a way > > that demands non-free components to run but sadly if I can't use my > > preferred websites with this browser, I'll be going back to one of the > > others I use. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > [email protected] > > > > ======================================== > > On Sun 29/10/17 20:18, Felix Fröhlich wrote: > >> Hi Chris, > >> > >> I am not aware of any official Windows releases or a Windows installer, > >> but you can download a .zip archive containing Windows binaries and > >> resources at https://rpm.jenslody.de/icecat-win/, which can be found at > >> the website that Narcis was linking to in their email. The Windows ports > >> tend to lag a bit behind, though (i.e. as of now, there is only IceCat > >> 52.1.1, whereas the GNU/Linux version is 52.3.0). > >> > >> On 29/10/17 11:35, Chris Rogers wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm trying to find a download location for IceCat for Windows but all > >>> of the files I find on the download page at > >>> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/52.3.0/ seem to be Linux versions. > >>> > >>> Is IceCat available for Windows? Any clue to find a Windows installer > >>> welcome. > >>> > >> > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > http://www.avg.com > > > > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > >
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