Re: Jittery NetSurf
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] James Bursa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 06:18:51PM +0100, Andrew Hodgkinson wrote: Yes, but you're still squandering CPU cycles on unnecessary reformats caused by NetSurf failing to allocate space for images even when the image has a fixed width and height, even if those intermediate redraw stages are double-buffered (which actually just slows you down even *more*, of course). I never understood why NS ignores image sizes. Ignoring the size makes it possible to display the entire alt text without it being cropped to the size of the image, so the page is more useful while images are loading. Essentially img src=... alt=NetSurf is treated like object data=...NetSurf/object. Could this be made a user choice? How useful each behaviour is depends on both the machine rendering speed and the time taken to download images. (eg A7000 on fast broadband vs. Iyonix on slow dial-up) -- Jess http://jess.itworkshop-nexus.net
Re: Problems with web site
Dave Ruck Wrote Different problem, it hung after loading and when I scrolled down. I Interesting..I have this too as I discovered yesterday and have just had it happen on another site but not able to alt break out of the problem in either case. www.thepeoplehistory.com BTW I'm now using my original True Tech mouse as in another thread mouse troubles were identified. David M -- __ David J. Ruck Phone: +44- (0)7974 108301 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __
Re: Problems with web site
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], David J. Ruck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different problem, it hung after loading and when I scrolled down. I alt+breaked and it killed Flash, after which everything continued ok. I suggest disabling plug-ins in Choices - Content. There aren't really any useful plug-ins available and plug-ins have known stability issues. Michael -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
Re: Problems with web site
On 15 Jul 2008 David Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Ruck Wrote Different problem, it hung after loading and when I scrolled down. I Interesting..I have this too as I discovered yesterday and have just had it happen on another site but not able to alt break out of the problem in either case. www.thepeoplehistory.com Funny; seems to work perfectly here with NetSurf 2.0 (Dev) (11 Jul 2008 19:30) r4621 and RISC OS 5.13. Interesting site, and thanks for mentioning it! With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter \ / zfc Tm \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne\/ ____\ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _\ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Jittery NetSurf
On 15 Jul 2008 Jess Hampshire wrote: James Bursa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 06:18:51PM +0100, Andrew Hodgkinson wrote: Yes, but you're still squandering CPU cycles on unnecessary reformats caused by NetSurf failing to allocate space for images even when the image has a fixed width and height, even if those intermediate redraw stages are double-buffered (which actually just slows you down even *more*, of course). I never understood why NS ignores image sizes. Ignoring the size makes it possible to display the entire alt text without it being cropped to the size of the image, so the page is more useful while images are loading. Essentially img src=... alt=NetSurf is treated like object data=...NetSurf/object. Could this be made a user choice? How useful each behaviour is depends on both the machine rendering speed and the time taken to download images. Viewing the alt text during formatting is of limited usefulness. My preference would be allocate the right amount of space when it is known. Is there a way to view the alt text later? Some browsers do this if you hover long enough over the image. At the very least it could be added to the Object Info window. I need to raise an FR! -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Jittery NetSurf
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Jul 2008 Jess Hampshire wrote: James Bursa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Ignoring the size makes it possible to display the entire alt text without it being cropped to the size of the image, so the page is more useful while images are loading. Essentially img src=... alt=NetSurf is treated like object data=...NetSurf/object. Could this be made a user choice? How useful each behaviour is depends on both the machine rendering speed and the time taken to download images. Viewing the alt text during formatting is of limited usefulness. My If a site is written correctly and you have a slow connection and a fast browser then it could be a help. preference would be allocate the right amount of space when it is known. Given the number of sites with stupid alt text, if a user option were not a possibility, I too would prefer space being allocated. However, some people might like the current situation and it would be nicer to have it optional. (It's annoying when features disappear, like the old leaf name system.)
