Bill >The "px" unit in CSS (& HTML5) is actually not in pixels but in radians. Ie it >is resolution independent and it is up to device manufacturers to insure the >presentation is correct.
>There are "Sandboxing" issues having to do with local files that FF differs at >least from Chrome and Opera. In Chrome and Opera a parent of null does not >match another null parent. FF is able to work with local files just fine - >without sandboxing them away. my feeling is that FF is right and that this is >an issue for Chrome and Opera. Other browsers? greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Raul Miller [email protected] to: Programming forum <[email protected]> date: 21 March 2014 09:23 subject: Re: [Jprogramming] jqt android 1.0.25 >There's a problem with the concept of the browser accessing local files. >Let's say you visit a page on the internet and the owner of that page wants >access to files on your computer. Just put a file url in there and you can >get some access to well known files. And this leads to a cascading chain of >security issues. So finally people just give up in disgust and turn of file >urls. >A on this suggests people download a file and use it locally. So even when >file urls are enabled they often have constraints on what directories can be >visited. >People make mistakes and then get upset at the wrong people because of the >consequences, which tends to ruin things for everyone. Thanks, Raul -- from: bill lam [email protected] to: [email protected] date: 21 March 2014 08:44 subject: Re: [Jprogramming] jqt android 1.0.25 >I got a change to test on a newer android phone and indeed only the boat >browser can display local webpages, I think the problem is unrelated of J but >most mobile browsers are not designed to display file:/// webpages or why >should they. I guess the solution is to choose browsers that work with local >files. >Another problem I realised is that bitmap is tiny on high-res screen. the >icons bar of the editor window is very smaller (they are already 36x36 pixels, >nearly half inch on a desktop). Also individual cell in minesweeper is >impossible to tap because of its tiny size. Hypothetically J scripts can >detect dpi and draw a bigger bitmap accordingly. -- from: Paul Jackson [email protected] to: Programming forum <[email protected]> date: 20 March 2014 20:54 subject: Re: [Jprogramming] jqt android 1.0.25 >My default browser is Chrome, which on machines I've gotten lately is >pre-installed. Either when I start it and paste in the local URL, or when I >click the icon of a file in "ES File Explorer," Chrome displays local web >pages such as >file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.android.qtide/files/addons/docs/helpX/index.htm >I've tried "boat browser" and confirmed that it does something that makes J >use it, and so local web pages work when it is installed. >However, Chrome, Dolphin and Firefox do not make the same changes. Other >programs ask which app to use to view a local file until you set one of these >as a default. This J does the same thing the first time a remote web page is >viewed, but not locally. >I haven't tried this version on older machines, but the previous version asked >which browser to use for both local and remote URLs. -- from: Paul Jackson [email protected] reply-to: [email protected] to: Programming forum <[email protected]> date: 20 March 2014 09:50 subject: Re: [Jprogramming] jqt android 1.0.25 >I did not realize that was what I meant, but I've confirmed inability to open >local pages is the current problem. I had already noticed, but fail to >mention, the initial use loaded the remote web page. >Removing the local help pages does make subsequent starts work correctly. >However, you either have to use a file manager, or Tools > Package Manager Tools > Rebuild all Repository Catalogs before trying to Remove Selected Packages since the install only marks base library scripts as installed. === >Did you mean menu help can open remote page but not local help page? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
