On Tue 07 Nov 2017 at 14:11:35 (-0500), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 11/07/2017 01:50 PM, Will Mengarini wrote: > >* Stephen P Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> [17-11/07=Tu 07:20 -0500]: > >>>I am running Firefox ESR 52.4.0 (64 bit) on my [up-to-date > >>>Stretch platform. When] I attempt opening Intellicast, > >>>either with Speeddial or tying the URL, Firefox crashes. > >>> > >>>This just started happening yesterday > >>>and there are no warnings or errors. > >* Joe <j...@jretrading.com> [17-11/07=Tu 16:03 +0000]: > >>Not from that site, but if I call up my bank's login page, the tab > >>crashes. This began about six months ago, and I put it down to > >>the INSANE LEVEL OF SCRIPTING THAT SOME WEB DESIGNERS SEEM TO NEED > >>[emphasis added]. It is 52.4.0/64bit on Sid, also kept up to date. > >>I use NoScript, but even with all scripts enabled, it still crashes. > >> > >>Konqueror opens that page without crashing, but > >>fails to actually enter login details. Midori > >>did work, but stopped a couple of weeks ago. > >> > >>I actually have upstream FF56 separately installed, which > >>works on that page, but that doesn't have a working > >>'back' button, so I use it only for the bank site. > >We're reaching a point where legislative intervention would be > >justified. None of this scripting benefits users; it doesn't > >even benefit the companies purveying the services. Instead, > >it benefits the marketroids that have made a livelihood out of > >persuading PHBs that what they do benefits their employers. > > > >HTML 1.0 can do everything we need from a bank site. > >It doesn't even need graphics, let alone scripting. > > > >But it does need security, which both scripting and graphics compromise. > > > >I'm not aware of any bank wise enough to offer an > >HTML 1.0 interface that can be browsed by Lynx. > > > >>I have the impression that website/browser capabilities are > >>now far beyond being deterministic or even vaguely testable. > >When the heavy hand of government is starting to look preferable > >to market forces, we're in truly-late-stage capitalism. > > > >(1) I am not a crook. > >(2) America does not torture. > >(3) Don't be evil. > > > I appreciate the replies. > > I'm probably going to have to change browsers, although I like the > way the Firefox handles Speeddial.
No problem here on this 2008 Pentium M with 500MB memory. Did I miss the actual URL? I'm looking at 4 tabs with the local weather, the radar animation (Salina), ditto for the US, and the active map animation. I get a good blast from the fan when I switch between them, or into this editor. I just clicked from the six links that googling gave me, and then the map itself, eg http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?region=sln There's a little advert at the top right (A revolution in high resolution; get the app) and an empty column of blank below it. Is this because of the link I just posted under "Iceweasel woes"? Do others see lots of advertising down the righthand side? Thanks for the site, though. I use wunderground which has discrete radar circles centered on (I assume) the stations, like Alma-Topeka (TWX), Dodge City (DDC) etc. https://www.wunderground.com/weather-radar/united-states/ks/topeka-alma/twx/?region=sln The actual forecast site has recently introduced a lot more scripting than a couple of months ago, so the fan has to work overtime. For quick results before you go out the door, I wrote a script to wget the page and extract just the max, min, current, and feels-like temperatures. The other annoying thing is that I can no longer get the page to come up as a 10-day chart. Anyway, for here it's at https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/ks/manhattan/66502 I shall try comparing the sites when the next storm comes over. Gosh we've had barely a millimetre in three weeks. Cheers, David.