Re: RESOLVED: [Was] Netsurf inconsistent behaviour between RISC OS 5.23 and 6.20

[Brian Jordan]

In article <5603e20e5c...@timil.com>,
   Tim Hill  wrote:
> In article <5603a241a4brian.jord...@btinternet.com>, Brian Jordan
>  wrote:

[Snip]

>  />

> Appending any fake variable to the URL forces it to be loaded every
> time the page is viewed and not just when the browser feels like it.

You live and learn! Many thanks for this tip.

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Brian Jordan
Virtual RPC-AdjustSA on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
RISC OS 6.20
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Re: RESOLVED: [Was] Netsurf inconsistent behaviour between RISC OS 5.23 and 6.20

[Tim Hill]

In article <5603a241a4brian.jord...@btinternet.com>, Brian Jordan
 wrote:

[Snip]

> I suspect two versions of the relevant style sheet were
> being stored and that one was invoked when I loaded the online version
> of the site and the other when I loaded the local version. 

[Snip]


There's that 'thing' when changes have been made to a stylesheet but a
browser doesn't load it because it already has the old one. Which is what
may have happened here. To prevent it, have something like this in your
Head:



Appending any fake variable to the URL forces it to be loaded every time
the page is viewed and not just when the browser feels like it.

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Tim Hill

timil.com : tjrh.eu : butterwick.eu : blue-bike.uk : youngtheatre.co.uk

RESOLVED: [Was] Netsurf inconsistent behaviour between RISC OS 5.23 and 6.20

[Brian Jordan]

In article <56039cd7babrian.jord...@btinternet.com>,
   Brian Jordan  wrote:
> In article <56033109cfbrian.jord...@btinternet.com>,
>Brian Jordan  wrote:

[Snip]

>Today I discovered that NetSurf on the VA displays the site as intended
> when it is loaded from my local mirror although it still doesn't work
> properly with files from the www. "Aha!" you say "go through the site
> until you find the discrepancy, it's probably a style sheet." "But," I
> reply,"it still renders correctly on the same version of NetSurf on the
> Pi when viewed via the www." Mystified and digging deeper.

[Snip]

After clearing out
HostFS::HardDisc4.$.!Boot.Choices.Users.Single.WWW.NetSurf
the problem has gone away. I suspect two versions of the relevant style
sheet were being stored and that one was invoked when I loaded the online
version of the site and the other when I loaded the local version. Anyway
the site now displays as I intended in NetSurf #3966 whether it is
downloaded or loaded locally both on both platforms and with both.
versions of RISC OS.

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Brian Jordan
Virtual RPC-AdjustSA on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
RISC OS 6.20
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