It is some years ago that Fred Graute added scriptability to StrongED, using the 'apply' icon. It enables one to alter what is displayed in a StrongED window by dragging a script to that icon.
There are often occasions when one would like to massage webpages displayed in a browser. At present one has to save out the displayed page's textual source to StrongED, drag in the script to do the massaging, save the result as an HTML file and then display that result in the browser. It would be nice if this process could be simplified and done entirely within the browser, without having to-and-fro between browser and StrongED. A typically useful script is one that removes all the source starting <script ... up to a matching </script>. So many web pages these days are crammed with stuff put in by advertisers or third parties which upset the viewing experience, or which NetSurf is unable to render properly. The individual user is increasingly going to need tools to fight back, with which they can emasculate the page of all the clutter added in for statistical purposes, to add unwanted advertisements and pop-ups. The days of innocence are long over, so filtering of web pages is now a necessity. I am not sufficiently au fait with the sources of NetSurf to know if there are hooks available for scriptability beyond saving out the page being displayed. I would love to hear what other NetSurf users think. -- Gavin Wraith (ga...@wra1th.plus.com) Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
