Auto-completion
Are there any plans to add auto-completion to forms in NetSurf, along the lines of the URL bar auto-completion? Paul Vigay Editor, www.RISCOS.org -- Using, programming and promoting RISC OS - the most productive computer system in the world. Check it out now, and change your view of computers!! To reply/email, visit http://www.riscos.org/feedback/ If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Re: Auto-completion
On 13 May 2008 Paul Vigay wrote: > Are there any plans to add auto-completion to forms in NetSurf, along the > lines of the URL bar auto-completion? I would have thought that one is fairly low on the list of priorities! -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Auto-completion
On 13 May 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 May 2008 Paul Vigay wrote: >> Are there any plans to add auto-completion to forms in NetSurf, along the >> lines of the URL bar auto-completion? > I would have thought that one is fairly low on the list of priorities! In any case, an app such as FormFiller from http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ does a pretty smart auto-fill for me. You can also drag and drop from pretty well any RISC OS app's window into a NetSurf form, as I've just done with our local GPs' site to get repeat prescriptions. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter \ / zfc Er \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne\/ ____\ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _\ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Auto-completion
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Vigay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Are there any plans to add auto-completion to forms in NetSurf, along the >lines of the URL bar auto-completion? > >Paul Vigay >Editor, www.RISCOS.org > If it is information that you regularly use then my Form Filler app could be what you want. http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ -- Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/ ICQ 238580561 There are only so many times I can say sorry and still mean it.
Re: Auto-completion
In a dim and distant universe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> enlightened us thusly: > If it is information that you regularly use then my Form Filler app could > be what you want. I did think of that. Thanks. However, it's not quite what I'm looking for. I've got a few forms which have about 50 or 60 different regular values for a single field. With Safari, I start typing and it will guess which one I want from previous entries, which saves retyping long entries and also saves having to remember all the possible values. Paul Vigay Editor, www.RISCOS.org -- Using, programming and promoting RISC OS - the most productive computer system in the world. Check it out now, and change your view of computers!! To reply/email, visit http://www.riscos.org/feedback/ Do not become that which you seek to destroy.
Another suggestion for NetSurf
I know what would be good When you click 'back' on NetSurf, it could keep any data entered into forms. There are numerous times when I complete a lengthy form and click submit, only to find that I've mistyped the captcha or some other error has occurred, and the site solution is to click back and complete the missing fields - which mean you have to re-type the whole form again, which is a pain if you've entered a lengthy comment. The only (occasional) way around this is to adjust click on the submit button to submit into a new window, but sometimes this doesn't work. Paul Vigay Editor, www.RISCOS.org -- Using, programming and promoting RISC OS - the most productive computer system in the world. Check it out now, and change your view of computers!! To reply/email, visit http://www.riscos.org/feedback/ Life is life!
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 Paul Vigay wrote: > I know what would be good > When you click 'back' on NetSurf, it could keep any data entered into > forms. There are numerous times when I complete a lengthy form and click > submit, only to find that I've mistyped the captcha or some other error has > occurred, and the site solution is to click back and complete the missing > fields - which mean you have to re-type the whole form again, which is a > pain if you've entered a lengthy comment. Yes that's very true. I've often resorted to typing a long comment into Edit and then saving it into the form in case the submit fails. This method is also easier in the case of forms that don't format properly, so that you have a very small textarea. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 13 May 2008 Paul Vigay wrote: > >> I know what would be good > >> When you click 'back' on NetSurf, it could keep any data entered into >> forms. There are numerous times when I complete a lengthy form and click >> submit, only to find that I've mistyped the captcha or some other error has >> occurred, and the site solution is to click back and complete the missing >> fields - which mean you have to re-type the whole form again, which is a >> pain if you've entered a lengthy comment. > >Yes that's very true. I've often resorted to typing a long comment >into Edit and then saving it into the form in case the submit fails. >This method is also easier in the case of forms that don't format >properly, so that you have a very small textarea. > Another bonus if using StrongED doing it that way is that StrongED has a spell checker. Not sure if Edit does. -- Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/ ICQ 238580561 Walk upon England's mountains green?
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 May 2008 Kevin Wells wrote: > > > Another bonus if using StrongED doing it that way is that StrongED has > > a spell checker. > > > Not sure if Edit does. > > No, it doesn't, but I find spell checkers more trouble than they're > worth. I find them invaluable in order to make legible submissions to forum. That along with remembering form contents, which is why most of my browsing is on now with Firefox on Linux. These features would certainly get me to use NetSurf more again. On the other hand I don't find form completion that useful, at least not how Firefox does it, as I find myself trying to edit a search criteria only for it to select the previous one when I press enter. Cheers ---Dave -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44- (0)7974 108301
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 Kevin Wells wrote: > Another bonus if using StrongED doing it that way is that StrongED has a > spell checker. > Not sure if Edit does. No, it doesn't, but I find spell checkers more trouble than they're worth. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 David J. Ruck wrote: > Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 13 May 2008 Kevin Wells wrote: >> >>> Another bonus if using StrongED doing it that way is that StrongED has >>> a spell checker. >> >>> Not sure if Edit does. >> >> No, it doesn't, but I find spell checkers more trouble than they're >> worth. > I find them invaluable in order to make legible submissions to forum. Legibility has nothing to do with orthography, and you don't usually have any control over it. Perhaps you mean "intelligible". > That along with remembering form contents, which is why most of my > browsing is on now with Firefox on Linux. These features would > certainly get me to use NetSurf more again. > On the other hand I don't find form completion that useful, at least > not how Firefox does it, as I find myself trying to edit a search > criteria only for it to select the previous one when I press enter. I found the form filler quite useful in Safari, although I hadn't explicitly turned it on. On the other hand I get very annoyed when browsers try to guess the URL I'm typing in. Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and semantic errors. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Snip] > Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and > semantic errors. I hope one day someone will come along with a pedantry checker. ;-) -- Tim Hill, www.timil.com
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill wrote: >> Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and >> semantic errors. > I hope one day someone will come along with a pedantry checker. ;-) I knew someone would say that! Using the right word or ending instead of the wrong one isn't pedantry! What's the point of getting the spelling right if you then use the wrong accidence? -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT (was: Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill wrote: > >> Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and > >> semantic errors. > > I hope one day someone will come along with a pedantry checker. ;-) > I knew someone would say that! > Using the right word or ending instead of the wrong one isn't > pedantry! No, your intervention was pedantry. And OT. [Snip] ShuSH! -- Tim Hill www.tjrh.eu
Illegal window handle
This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Even more OT (was: Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf)
On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill wrote: Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and semantic errors. >>> I hope one day someone will come along with a pedantry checker. ;-) >> I knew someone would say that! >> Using the right word or ending instead of the wrong one isn't >> pedantry! > No, your intervention was pedantry. And OT. Pedantry? Accuracy? OT? OK! I regret that this is the sort of phenomena for which the media has to take the blame, with its ignorance of singulars and plurals. And don't start me on "data"; "Data isn't what they used to be": Philip Howard. . With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter \ / \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \ / ____ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Illegal window handle
On 13 May 2008, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open > a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a > warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window > handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. NetSurf version? Tony
Re: Illegal window handle
On 13 May 2008 Tony Moore wrote: > On 13 May 2008, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open >> a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a >> warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window >> handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. > NetSurf version? Just downloaded today's development version. However I suspect it was something else going awry that caused NS to generate the error as the previous version wasn't doing it before. I didn't find anything else that was affected. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Auto-completion
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Paul Vigay wrote: Are there any plans to add auto-completion to forms in NetSurf, along the lines of the URL bar auto-completion? Sure, but it's hardly high priority. I expect there's an open feature request for this already. John.
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Paul Vigay wrote: I know what would be good When you click 'back' on NetSurf, it could keep any data entered into forms. There are numerous times when I complete a lengthy form and click submit, only to find that I've mistyped the captcha or some other error has occurred, and the site solution is to click back and complete the missing fields - which mean you have to re-type the whole form again, which is a pain if you've entered a lengthy comment. Increase the memory cache size to enhance the chances of clicking back retaining the form data. I suspect there's already a feature request for this feature. The only (occasional) way around this is to adjust click on the submit button to submit into a new window, but sometimes this doesn't work. There shouldn't be any difference (other than adjust producing a new window). Please submit bug report(s) with details of sites that fail. John.
Re: Illegal window handle
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Richard Porter wrote: This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. There's insufficient information to go on here. If the warning was produced by NetSurf, then the log file should contain further details. John.
Re: Illegal window handle
On 13 May 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Richard Porter wrote: >> This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open >> a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a >> warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window >> handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. > There's insufficient information to go on here. If the warning was > produced by NetSurf, then the log file should contain further details. It was only a warning, not a crash. Everything continued to work as normal. As I've now run the latest version I think the log file will have been overwritten. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Paul Vigay wrote: >> I know what would be good >> >> When you click 'back' on NetSurf, it could keep any data entered into >> forms. ... > Increase the memory cache size to enhance the chances of clicking back > retaining the form data. I suspect there's already a feature request for > this feature. >> The only (occasional) way around this is to adjust click on the submit >> button to submit into a new window, but sometimes this doesn't work. > There shouldn't be any difference (other than adjust producing a new > window). I think Paul's point is that if the response comes back in a new window the original window containing the form data will still be there. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Illegal window handle
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Richard Porter wrote: On 13 May 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: On Tue, 13 May 2008, Richard Porter wrote: This is a new one on me - when I clicked on the icon bar icon to open a window there was a bleep. Underneeath the NetSurf window there was a warning: "An unexpected Window Manager error occurred: Illegal window handle". It happens every time a new NS window is opened. There's insufficient information to go on here. If the warning was produced by NetSurf, then the log file should contain further details. It was only a warning, not a crash. So? It still shouldn't happen. The log file logs all the time, not just when a crash happens. Everything continued to work as normal. As I've now run the latest version I think the log file will have been overwritten. Well, whatever the problem is, it won't get fixed, then. John.
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Richard Porter wrote: On 13 May 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: On Tue, 13 May 2008, Paul Vigay wrote: The only (occasional) way around this is to adjust click on the submit button to submit into a new window, but sometimes this doesn't work. There shouldn't be any difference (other than adjust producing a new window). I think Paul's point is that if the response comes back in a new window the original window containing the form data will still be there. Yes, that's obvious. My comment, however, was in response to the claim that "sometimes this doesn't work". John.
Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf
On 13 May 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 May 2008 David J. Ruck wrote: >> Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 13 May 2008 Kevin Wells wrote: >>> Another bonus if using StrongED doing it that way is that StrongED has a spell checker. >>> Not sure if Edit does. >>> >>> No, it doesn't, but I find spell checkers more trouble than they're >>> worth. >> I find them invaluable in order to make legible submissions to forum. > Legibility has nothing to do with orthography, and you don't usually > have any control over it. Perhaps you mean "intelligible". Just spelling stuff right is the best I can hope for. I only got a CSE in English don't you know. Cheers ---Dave -- __ David J. Ruck Phone: +44- (0)7974 108301 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __
