Re: JavaScript won't enable. Version 3.9.
On 27 Feb 2019 Walter Zambotti wrote: > Downloaded and compiled latest build 3.8 which turned out to be 3.9 in the > about. > I have ensured that Enable JavaScript is ticked in the netsurf preferences > content tab. > But when I visit any java site including : > www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/is-javascript-enabled > All sites claim JavaScript is not enabled. > Have I missed something? Maybe. JavaScript is working here in 3.9, (Dev CI#4562) under RISC OS 5.25, RComp version (24-Aug 18), except on the site you mention. In particular, https://javatester.org/javascript.html conforms that JavaScript version 2.2 is working. Best wishes, Peter. -- Peter Young (zfc Au) and family Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
Re: JavaScript won't enable. Version 3.9.
On 27/02/2019, Walter Zambotti wrote: > Downloaded and compiled latest build 3.8 which turned out to be 3.9 in the > about. > > I have ensured that Enable JavaScript is ticked in the netsurf preferences > content tab. > > But when I visit any java site including : > Just out of interest, whilst the names may appear confusingly similar, java is completely different to javascript. > www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/is-javascript-enabled > > All sites claim JavaScript is not enabled. > > Have I missed something? > > Walter > -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992
Re: JavaScript won't enable. Version 3.9.
Walter Zambotti, on 27 Feb, wrote: > Downloaded and compiled latest build 3.8 which turned out to be 3.9 in the > about. > > I have ensured that Enable JavaScript is ticked in the netsurf preferences > content tab. > > But when I visit any java site including : > > www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/is-javascript-enabled > > All sites claim JavaScript is not enabled. Javascript in NetSurf is rather limited and insufficient to pass online tests. http://www.netsurf-browser.org/documentation/info.html#JavaScript -- David Pitt
Re: JavaScript won't enable. Version 3.9.
On 27/02/2019, David Pitt wrote: > Walter Zambotti, on 27 Feb, wrote: > >> Downloaded and compiled latest build 3.8 which turned out to be 3.9 in >> the >> about. >> >> I have ensured that Enable JavaScript is ticked in the netsurf >> preferences >> content tab. >> >> But when I visit any java site including : >> >> www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/is-javascript-enabled >> >> All sites claim JavaScript is not enabled. > > Javascript in NetSurf is rather limited and insufficient to pass online > tests. > > http://www.netsurf-browser.org/documentation/info.html#JavaScript > > -- > David Pitt > > Also needing to be remembered, is that javascript can be interpreted differently, between different web browsers, and, between different versions of the same web browser. It is one of the problems of client-side processing. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992
