On 1 Oct 2015 Jim Nagel <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that Netsurf now times out even for Wikipedia. > Try this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzing
> Hourglass goes on forever, though it least it does not tie up the > whole machine. > Go to Netsurf iconbar choices, Content, Disable Javascript, > and try the Wikipedia page again. Now it loads no problem. > (Netsurf #2964 on Iyonix with Ro 5.18) > Anybody else see the same behaviour? Yes, with several sites as well as Wikipedia; this is on an ARM6, RISC OS 5.23, and with several of the latest development builds. I thought it was something wrong with my setup, but a lot of others seem to have the same problem. A few vague pointers, perhaps: When NetSurf says "Loading, processing" the LED on the ADSL modem only flashes intermittently, instead of the normal frenzied flashing at this stage. My home page is www.bbc.co.uk/news and this always loads promptly when I start NetSurf, as does http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/gl52 which is often the second page I go to. I have a strong impression that the delayed loading happens more often if I click on a URL from outside NetSurf, for instance from an e-mail or from a URL stored in NeXTBar (apologies to Jim for the camel-caps). When this happens, if I stop the attempt at loading, and then press Enter in the URL bar, the page often loads promptly. No idea of the significance of these; perhaps someone can see if any of it makes sense? > I notice that the Choices file (which results from changing something > in the Netsurf configuration) no longer stores the Javascript setting > -- it's on by default, and that's that. I'm pretty sure that in the > past, the Choices file contained a line enable_javascript:1 (or 0). > If I'm right, when did this change take place? What's the reasoning? > It would sure be handy to have a keyboard shortcut to switch > Javascript on and off! Me too. However, I think this has already been discussed with the developers (may their tribe increase!) and I think it would be difficult to do. Best wishes, Peter. -- Peter Young (zfc Os) and family Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk [email protected]
