Re: Big push on testing needed

2016-01-28 Thread george greenfield
cts? 2.6s JS off, 5.4s JS on, CI #3312, 5.21 (RC14), Pi 2 @ 900MHz. Page display is substantially different compared to Otter 0.9.09 on RISC OS. The signing link doesn't work in Netsurf with JS on or off, but Otter seems fully functional with JS enabled. I didn't make a precise count of page loading time in Otter - it's considerably slower than NS, about 20-30 secs JS off/on. -- George

Re: NetSurf progress

2015-11-03 Thread george greenfield
latter is promising, it is not yet responsive enough for day-in, day-out use on a low-powered computer such as a Pi or Iyonix, IMO, and I imagine a considerable amount of work would be required to make it so. We really do need NetSurf! -- George

Re: Bad type

2015-10-20 Thread george greenfield
disabling Javascript in Choices-Content reduces/eliminates the incidence of this error (I get them too, but usually when JS is enabled). IME NetSurf (Dev CI #3000) works more quickly and reliably with JS disabled, and without apparent loss of functionality. -- George

Re: #2988 hanging

2015-10-13 Thread george greenfield
/ > I must confess to having used Ctrl-Break from time to time, when faced with a frozen desktop, without evident ill-effects. Is it considered worse than powering-off at the switch, which is the only other option AFAIK? -- George

Re: #2988 hanging

2015-10-13 Thread george greenfield
In message <20151013152414.gb23...@platypus.pepperfish.net> Rob Kendrick <r...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 04:39:32AM -0800, Dave Higton wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:09:27 +0100 George Greenfield wrote: >> >> > I must co

Re: New Netsurf - improved Javascript stability

2015-09-29 Thread george greenfield
t javascript functionality is very much a work in progress. (* virtually non-existent) (** that doesn't include the recent Otter port) -- George

Re: El Reg formats differently these days - why?

2015-08-22 Thread george greenfield
on? it is the same using Firefox and Linux, so i guess they have made a cockup of some change - It happened mid week. Or possibly they're trying to become more smartphone-friendly? -- George

Re: Crash with #2860

2015-07-19 Thread george greenfield
, Google.co.uk here. -- George

Re: Crash with #2860

2015-07-19 Thread george greenfield
the platform, in my case a Pi 1B, and the home page, Google.co.uk here. I should have added, enabling/disabling JS made no difference. -- George

Re: Google

2015-05-14 Thread george greenfield
again with Javascript off and a search works normally. Anyone able to confirm? Seems to be true here as well. Same here (NS 3.4 Dev CI #2735). -- George

Re: Google

2015-05-08 Thread george greenfield
In message 3d8ea4c054.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 8 May 2015, george greenfield george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: [snip] So a temporary workaround might be to enable JS, hotlist all regularly-visited/needed sites

Re: Google

2015-05-08 Thread george greenfield
be to enable JS, hotlist all regularly-visited/needed sites, then disable JS and avoid using the search page entirely. [NetSurf 3.4 (Dev CI #2735)] -- George

Re: BBC News

2015-03-30 Thread george greenfield
others see the same mess? Tony Yes. (System details: NS 3.3 [10-Mar-15], RasPi B @ 900MHz, RO 5.21 [RC12, 12-Jan-15]). -- George

Re: #2652 page rendering oddity

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
). Reloading the page usually then renders the page correctly, in full. Do others get the same behaviour, please? The page loads normally here on 2 attempts. System details: NS 3.3, RasPi B @ 900MHz, RO 5.21 [RC12, 12-Jan-15]. -- George

Re: Disc cache updates

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
/sec for 64KB)? *NS 3.3, RasPi B @ 900MHz, RO 5.21 [RC12, 12-Jan-15]. -- George

Re: BBC News site

2015-03-16 Thread george greenfield
]. -- George

Re: #2463 - Scanning fonts

2014-12-21 Thread george greenfield
in !Boot.Resources.!Fonts. -- George

Re: BBC sites very slow.

2014-12-18 Thread george greenfield
setup. Would a logfile be helpful to anyone? #2441, ARMini, RISC OS 5.19 Best wishes, Peter. 3.7 secs here (RaspPi 900Mhz, 5.21, NS 3.2) -- George

Re: BBC sites very slow.

2014-12-17 Thread george greenfield
wouldn't call that slow, personally. Setup is a RaspPi RO 5.21 (900Mhz) running NS 3.2 official release. -- George

Re: Change.org massively scaled images

2014-12-03 Thread george greenfield
what happens on other platforms? Seems to be the same on the Iyonix. Same here (NS 3.2 stable release, Raspberry Pi B, RO 5.21 (13-Sept-14). -- George

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread george greenfield
and !System' camp. I often notice, when doing so, that the hourglass/percentage twitches briefly into life, which suggests that something is being overwritten, i.e., altered, presumably necessarily. -- george greenfield

RE: Sockets

2014-02-04 Thread george greenfield
Netsurf seems to restore normal behaviour, as the others have found. George -- george greenfield

Re: Another site crashing NS?

2014-01-26 Thread George
of the links on that page work - they just seem to point back at the main page. Same experience here (RPCEmu0.8.11 running RISC OS 5.20 on Win7-64 PC) using #1659. Enabling/disabling JS made no perceptible difference. -- George

Re: Drag 'N Drop PayPal

2013-03-05 Thread george greenfield
with Unipod Anybody else tried? #956 displays the PayPal link pages if javascript is disabled. George RPCEmu089/4.02 on Win7 64-bit -- george greenfield

Re: rendering of Wikipedia page

2013-02-25 Thread george greenfield
The thought occurs that local network speed could have a bearing on these results as well. G -- george greenfield

Thetrainline.com crashes CI #744

2012-12-18 Thread george greenfield
mode with 256MB running on Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

RE: Thetrainline.com crashes CI #744

2012-12-18 Thread george greenfield
of JS-enabled NetSurf, in fact I think it's splendid, and to be supported in every way, including the submission of bug reports where appropriate. It was just a bit ironic that the bug tracker itself was amongst the casualties! George -- george greenfield

Re: RISC OS Javascript support

2012-12-14 Thread george greenfield
operation of js). I'm running the #727 build. George -- george greenfield

Re: RISC OS Javascript support

2012-12-13 Thread george greenfield
to train timetable info, previously it showed a 'your js is disabled, click here for the non-js page'; Streetmap's new Beta page does not work however, but this may be using Flash as well as javascript. George george greenfield

Re: NetSurf Developer Workshop

2012-11-05 Thread george greenfield
at the moment and already it is a considerable advance on 2.9 - the rate of progress is impressive and a credit to the developers. Cheers George -- george greenfield

El Reg timeouts

2012-10-12 Thread george greenfield
(64-bit). NetSurf 3.0 #417.. George -- george greenfield

Re: El Reg timeouts

2012-10-12 Thread george greenfield
In message c635abdd52.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 12 Oct 2012, Richard Porter r...@minijem.plus.com wrote: On 12 Oct 2012 george greenfield wrote: No problem accessing El Reg Software http://www.theregister.co.uk/software

Re: Could someone look at

2012-10-09 Thread george greenfield
formats OK here. My details: NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02 (256MB RAM), Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

Re: Could someone look at

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
. (NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit). George -- george greenfield

Re: NetSurf running out of memory

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
report. No problem with memory here. The site links work also. Memory use ((NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit) for NetSurf is 6816k (application tasks) and 22208k (dynamic areas). George -- george greenfield

Re: NetSurf running out of memory

2012-10-08 Thread george greenfield
no odds. The amount of memory claimed is not excessive; 6800k and 5632k for application tasks and dynamic areas respectively. [snipped] My details: NS-2012-10-07_21-57-22, RPCEmu089/RO4.02, Win7 (64-bit). george -- george greenfield

Re: Request for feedback

2012-10-06 Thread george greenfield
In message 52da69197bt...@netsurf-browser.org Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: In article 800067da52.geo...@tiscali..co.uk, george greenfield george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: BTW, a small plea to the developers: could the current release details be reinstated

Re: Crashes on sites with frames

2012-10-06 Thread george greenfield
, but the 'Archive' page header is partially obscured by the frame below ('A monthly magazine for users of RISC OS'), so is not displaying correctly. The links to the left seem to work OK, as do the sliders. (NS-2012-10-02_20-23-02, running on RPCEmu 0.8.9/RO 4.02 on Win7 (64-bit) PC). George

Re: User feedback requested (esp. RISC OS)

2012-10-03 Thread george greenfield
for many of us it is wait for the next, for the beta builds, Thanks, Alan [snip] If you want stability, use 2.9. If you want to help development of 3.0 and can tolerate the occasional crash/freeze*, use the latest builds. Simples. George (*as it clearly states on the Netsurf site, use

Re: User feedback requested (esp. RISC OS)

2012-09-29 Thread george greenfield
on a Windows 7 (64-bit) PC. Got a run of 'Base stylesheet failed to load' errors, but quitting and reloading Netsurf 3.0 restored normal service. Seems fine so far, and nippier than 2.9. Good work! George -- george greenfield

Barclays internet banking has stopped working

2012-04-17 Thread george greenfield
is not available' message. Logging in on a js-enabled Firefox/WinPC is possible however, so the site does still work. Has anyone managed to do internet banking with Barclays using NetSurf? George -- george greenfield

Re: Digest mode

2012-03-29 Thread george greenfield
In message 8d001425ead6b919cdaeed0ce55f3f6b-EhVcX1lFRQVaRwYcDTpQCEFdd qzlvf5dqunbajbbxkngv10mqv13b0ttwzbeqkybx1tcrlfv-webmail...@server02.webmailer.ho steurope.de m0n0 o...@monochrom.net wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 29.03.2012, 11:55 +0200 schrieb george greenfield george.greenfi

Re: Digest mode

2012-03-29 Thread george greenfield
In message 52782a9951evanal...@talktalk.net evanal...@talktalk.net wrote: In article a730017852.geo...@tiscali..co.uk, george greenfield george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I did enable it; it arrives; I tend to ignore it. Perhaps you ought to disable it? You mean I ought

Re: Problem launching NetSurf on RPCEmu/Win7

2011-12-22 Thread george
In message mpro.lwkr6z00kqj0001jj.li...@stevefryatt.org.uk Steve Fryatt li...@stevefryatt.org.uk wrote: On 21 Dec, John-Mark Bell wrote in message 1324503435.7505.50.camel@duiker: On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 15:18 +, george wrote: Im running a copy of RPCEmu originally from

Problem launching NetSurf on RPCEmu/Win7

2011-12-21 Thread george
in advance if I've overlooked the 'bleedin' obvious'. If anyone can tear themselves away from the festivities long enough to reply I should be most grateful! George --

Re: 'Base stylesheet failed to load' error

2011-11-12 Thread george
In message d74bf943-947d-4eef-9de9-3c7ea4d46...@recoil.org Christian Ludlam christ...@recoil.org wrote: On 19 Jan 2038, at 03:14, george george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: The HD on my Iyo has just been changed, [snip] Any suggestions? I had this problem intermittently - I

'Base stylesheet failed to load' error

2011-11-11 Thread george
message in the Subject line above. Reverting to version 2.8 did not cure the problem, nor did reloading the !Boot and !System modules from my NAS. Any suggestions? George

Re: 'Base stylesheet failed to load' error

2011-11-11 Thread george
In message 523097f6d3joh...@ukgateway.net John Williams joh...@ukgateway.net wrote: In article 14fc1af392.acl...@tiscali.co.uk, george george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Any suggestions? Download a fresh archive and try that? John Have now installed r13146 plus new

Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch

2011-10-28 Thread george
here (using r13086). George --

Re: Netsurf won't get into the Woman's hour site

2011-08-23 Thread george
. Absolutely. I have a 'latest build' folder and every time I update (roughly every two-three weeks) I copy the current version into a backup folder in case I have to revert. This has only been necessary once in the last two years. George --

Re: No more Google for us

2011-08-18 Thread george
, just as before. What am I not understanding? George --

Re: No more Google for us

2011-08-18 Thread george
In message 5204d512fd...@timil.com Tim Hill t...@timil.com wrote: In article b5ddcb0452.pitt...@iyonix.home, David Pitt pit...@pittdj.co.uk wrote: In message 0db4c80452.acl...@tiscali.co.uk george george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: In message

Re: cookie association with specific windows?

2011-05-23 Thread george
and it seems to work very well. Well done and thank you! [snip] Seconded! George --

Re: Speed

2011-04-28 Thread george
work! George In message 51caf82f97cvj...@waitrose.com Chris Newman cvj...@waitrose.com wrote: r12243 does seem quite a bit faster here as well on my trusty Risc PC. Well done the team. --

Well done!

2011-03-14 Thread george
I've been using r11987 since its release and would just like to say thanks and well done to the developers for what seems (to me at least) a very stable and (again subjective) generally speedier version. Roll on 2.7! George

Re: NetSurf at Wakefield Show 2011

2011-02-28 Thread george
is now being actively maintained again. :) For which, we are all very grateful to Steve Fryatt. Thanks indeed! Amen to that: splendid news! George --

Re: Netsurf 2.6 impressions

2010-10-13 Thread george
! Seconded! I've been using 2.6 daily since the beginning of October and it has performed flawlessly: many thanks from me too. George --

Re: Unknown SSL protocol

2010-08-10 Thread george
versions of Netsurf (I'm using r10640) coexist perfectly well with it. George --

Re: NetSurf and Printing

2010-07-15 Thread george
error', with option to click Continue. The good news: the error didn't take NetSurf down, i.e., Continue worked. George --

Re: test builds after 2.5

2010-05-18 Thread george
In message 20100518172458.4024b...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:35:12 +0100 george george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Since the developers have stated that NetSurf 2.5 will be the last stable RISC OS release