> On 2015-Sep-29 Jim Nagel wrote: > [snip] >> I'm on #2935 (Aug 25) and have been suffering a great many sites that >> time out with no display at all. Sometimes hourglassing goes on >> forever and there's nothing for it but Alt-Break to kill Netsurf. >> Some of these cases will succeed if I relaunch Netsurf, switch off >> Javascript from its iconbar menu, and only then reload the site.
Harriet Bazley wrote on 4 Oct: > Can't you just switch off JavaScript and reload the page without having to > restart Netsurf? That's always worked for me. You're right. Your revelation simplifies it a bit for me. > (Still on 2817 to avoid auto-JavaScript-start-up) I'm on #2968 now, after Vincent Sanders (thanks!) improved something as a result of a particular site I reported. Steve Fryatt posted links in this thread to the Netsurf team's explanations of why they have configured Javascript to be on by default: they WANT to receive reports of problem sites so that they can refine their code. So thanks again, Vincent! -- Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk || See you at the show? www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk October 24
