Hi, I've been delighted to see the progress that's been made in porting NetSurf to new platforms.
I'm planning to post a news update on the web site, covering all the recent developments. It would be helpful if you could let me know the current status of these ports so that I can briefly describe the progress that's been made. Really, I want to know if they are at a usable state or if they can just fetch and render a page but not much else or whatever. Sadly I don't have the OSes to test them myself. Also, it would be great to get a couple of screenshots of the current state of the BeOS and AmigaOS ports. For the screenshots page the screenshots need to be exactly 1004x780px. The should include the NetSurf window only, not the whole desktop, and if the windows have an irregular shape, they should have a white background. See the existing screenshots for the general idea: http://www.netsurf-browser.org/about/screenshots/ You can use the screenshot template here: http://www.netsurf-browser.org/about/screenshots/window.png If you open that image and place the NetSurf window you want to screenshot over it, align the window so it is as large as it can possibly be, without going over the red border. That will ensure the window is the right size. For choice of web sites to screenshot, either select a mainstream web site that NetSurf is capable of rendering quite well or a site which is key for the specific platform. So for example, http://www.haiku-os.org/ might be a good idea for the BeOS port screenshot. :) Also, for general interface, I'm not sure if you have access to the GTK or RISC OS ports, but it would be nice to have some constancy across all platforms. The main browser window aims to be as lightweight as possible, taking as little space up with toolbars and status bars as possible. This is to allow the maximum amount of screen to be used for the important bit, the web pages. At the top there is a toolbar with some buttons on the left, then a URL bar and a throbber on the right. We want the interface to be as simple as possible so there aren't many toolbar icons by default. Only the RISC OS version currently has a configurable toolbar. The status bar at the bottom is on the same line as the horizontal scrollbar. The horizontal scrollbar is not used often for web pages because we aim to flow the page to the window width, unless the page is fixed-width. By default, the status bar takes up two thirds of the space and the scrollbar takes up one third. Between the status bar and the scrollbar there is a widget that can be dragged to show more status bar and less scrollbar or vice-versa. That's pretty much all there is to it. :) Best regards, Michael -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
