In article <20090807093843.gd20...@digital-scurf.org>, Daniel Silverstone <dsilv...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 07:40:17AM +0100, John McCartney > wrote: > > > > Does anyone know what's happened? > > > Without more details, no. What, exactly, happens when > > > you try to visit that site? > > Sorry, I [wrongly] assumed you would have NetSurf > > running under RISC OS and could see from the link.
> As Michael's mail might hint at, unfortunately we have > no-one on the project who is dedicated to the RISC OS > frontend. As such, our use of NetSurf on RISC OS is > purely incidental. Michael will run it up to check layout > stuff, and John-Mark sometimes manages to fix a bug > sight-unseen, but mostly we're a bit stuck on RISC OS > issues :-( I'll echo that :-( > Do you happen to know of someone prepared to take on the > NetSurf RISC OS frontend and give it the love we know it > needs? I'm sorry, but I don't. I'm just a user, myself, and a very grateful one for all the work that's gone into NetSurf. > > NetSurf appears to load data from the site but the > > throbber just keeps going with nothing displayed in the > > window and the info bar at the bottom of the window > > says: OK (incrementing time display in seconds) > > Received 0.00 B > This implies that there's something squiffy in the > delivery of the data to the content model. Have you since > encountered this behaviour on any other site? No, I haven't but that's probably more a reflection of the amount of surfing I do from within RISC OS than anything else. I use NetSurf for checking a lottery syndicate using Stuart Allison's !Lottery. I suppose I could check for a suitable program for Windows but it's soooo convenient to do it from RISC OS. Thanks for your prompt response. John -- John McCartney j.mccart...@blueyonder.co.uk
