Re: Please try the latest build

2018-08-15 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <3c705f3f-e461-c7a7-3b70-54d63192a...@netsurf-browser.org> Michael Drake wrote: > >Hello, > >Could people please test build #4403 or later? (Or build from >latest master, if you compile from source.) > > https://ci.netsurf-browser.org/builds/ > >We are close to making a re

Re: Page causes crash

2017-10-30 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <56932f703bris...@gotadsl.co.uk> Richard Ashbery wrote: >In article <56932513adli...@torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (lists) > wrote: >> This may not be a Netsurf thing, but it happens rarely on anything >> other than Nersurf. > >> The whole of this ARMX6's networking crashes.

Re: Codethink sponsored work on NetSurf

2017-05-05 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20170505074516.gf12...@kyllikki.org> Vincent Sanders wrote: >On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 12:51:54PM +0100, Kevin Wells wrote: >> In message <20170502143538.ge12...@kyllikki.org> >> Vincent Sanders wrote: >> >> >On Tue, May 0

Re: Codethink sponsored work on NetSurf

2017-05-04 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <7b1d6a3656.ke...@talktalk.net> Kevin Wells wrote: > >It has fixed a bug I submitted. :) > >I tried to inform the bug tracker, but it appears to be done. Oops that should read down not done. >> -- Kev Wells http://kevsoft.co.uk/ Useless Fact 03 Yo

Re: Codethink sponsored work on NetSurf

2017-05-03 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20170502143538.ge12...@kyllikki.org> Vincent Sanders wrote: >On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 09:16:25AM +0100, Michael Drake wrote: >> >> Over the past few weeks I've been able to spend time >> contributing to open-source projects at work. >> >> Codethink [1] values open-source soft

Re: simple html pages slow to render

2015-11-07 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <83b1c51e55.iyoj...@rickman.argonet.co.uk> John Rickman Iyonix wrote: > >The Gaydon online parish magazine is a single HTML file which >references a common CSS file. > >http://www.gaydon.org.uk/mags.html > >It takes on average 31 seconds to load and display a magazine using >

Re: routers

2014-12-02 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <23a0f06f54.ga...@gavin.wra1th.plus.com> Gavin Wraith wrote: >Do there exist any routers which can be controlled by NetSurf? > >I have an old Belkin F5D7632-4 router. As far as I know it cannot be >configured from RISC OS. But my XP notebook, which I usually use to >configure

Re: Strange rendering of ROOL forum page in 1791

2014-04-09 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Dave Higton wrote: >In message <53f5ce54c9ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk> > cj wrote: > >>In article , >> Dave Higton wrote: >>> Anyone else seen this? >> >>Yes, Dave. Have just repeated that after downloading latest version. >>Netsurf #1791, Iyonix 5.21 (30 Mar 201

HTML5 potential problem

2013-03-02 Thread Kevin Wells
Hi Not sure if the developers are aware of this, but as HTML5 is in progress for NetSurf, it is worth pointing the following out. A developer has found a bug in other browsers that exploits the local storage specifications and can dump lots of data on users computers:

Re: RISC OS Netsurf on Beagleboard

2013-01-07 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Christoper Dewhurst wrote: > >I'm not sure Netsurf it gets as far as generating a log file - but if >it does is a way of setting it up to dump to predetermined location on >hard disc? > The log file for NetSurf is in !Scrap.ScrapDirs.ScrapDir.WWW.NetSurf and it seems to sur

Re: RISC OS Javascript support

2012-12-16 Thread Kevin Wells
In message "Chris Young" wrote: >On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:36:36 GMT, Dave Higton wrote: > >> Is there any simple bit of HTML+JS that we can use to verify that JS >> is working to /any/ extent? > >Try this: http://javatester.org/javascript.html > >It will clearly say whether JavaScript is

Re: cookie association with specific windows?

2011-05-23 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <177ee0d751.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> Tony Moore wrote: >On 23 May 2011, Rob Kendrick wrote: >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:27:29AM +, Tony Moore wrote: >> > On 23 May 2011, george wrote: >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > > I'm also on r12436 and it seems to work ver

Re: logging

2011-03-21 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <51b749bbd1bbai...@argonet.co.uk> Brian Bailey wrote: >I am intrigued by the successive improvement and development of Netsurf. >Periodically I load a personal favourite page in Wikepedia, just to see >what changes are apparent in performance. It would seem that loading and >

Re: Lloyds banking login problem

2010-10-11 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Jess Hampshire wrote: >Hi > >Has anyone else noticed a problem with the new Lloyds Internet >Banking. > >I am unable to log in. > >The memorable information screen has no continue button. > >(It does not appear to be a javascript problem, because it works with >noscript on

Re: How to zip a failure log?

2010-04-28 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Michael Bell wrote: >In message <27c20e0e51.old_coas...@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> > Tony Moore wrote: > >> On 25 Apr 2010, Rob Kendrick wrote: > >> [snip] > >>> Currently, the future of the RISC OS front end is still in doubt. It >>> may continue to be developed,

Re: NetSurf 2.5 Released

2010-04-26 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20100426172843.6ed61...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: > >If we can find nobody to commit to maintaining the RISC OS front end, >changes in the core will eventually break the RISC OS front end, and >stop it building at all. Existing releases and working

Re: NetSurf at Wakefield Show 2010

2010-01-16 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Steve Fryatt wrote: >On 15 Jan, Michael Bell wrote in message ><9d6e16da50.michaelb...@michael.beaverbell.co.uk>: > >> In message <20100115131610.5b82a...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> >> Rob Kendrick wrote: >> >> > Perhaps 5 to 10 years of experience to lea

Re: NetSurf at Wakefield Show 2010

2010-01-15 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20100115003457.0d6d2...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: > >Absolutely. Just because we're dropping it now doesn't mean we'll >refuse it later. Although the longer it is left, the more work will be >required. How much work is involved for some one who kn

Re: National Rail Enquiries site no longer works

2009-12-17 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <8ae910cb50.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> Dr Peter Young wrote: >On 17 Dec 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:26:19 GMT >> Dr Peter Young wrote: > >>> On 17 Dec 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: >>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:26:07 GMT Roger Darlington w

Re: NetSurf dumps

2009-11-18 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <987c36bc50.da...@david.free.fr> David J Worden wrote: >>From time to time NetSurf has had problems and created massive dumps. >I know they are large because of the time taken to write them. Do >these get deleted after a time or are they piling up on my disc? If >the la

Re: Google's PDF-as-text

2009-11-14 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Jim Nagel wrote: >when the results of a Google search include a PDF, Google offers to >display it as plain text. but it comes out as nonsense in Netsurf >(r9629): all the lines of text seem to be piled on top of one another. > >at least in this example: > >http://209.85.2

Re: Ctrl-A on text input area

2009-05-30 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <7b3fb26350@nails.ukonline.co.uk> Jim Nagel wrote: >Richard Porter wrote on 30 May: >> Like Peter, if I have a lot to type I use an Edit window and then save >> it into the textarea. > >often it isn't till after i start typing that i realize it's going to >be a longish

Re: Ctrl-A on text input area

2009-05-30 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <957e936350@nails.ukonline.co.uk> Jim Nagel wrote: >when typing a lengthy bit of text into one of those typically >annoyingly small panes on a web page, i have learnt the hard way over >the years to keep a copy of what i write, because too often a site >throws up some

Re: Address of that super-stable Netsurf 2.00?

2009-05-13 Thread Kevin Wells
In message Michael Bell wrote: >I missed that announcement of the super-safe Netsurf 2.00 and the URL >for it. Can I have it again please? If it's still there! > >Michael Bell > 25th April 2009 edition -- Kev Wells http://risc

Re: automating login details

2009-04-17 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20090416131619.0ab71...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: >On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:19 +0100 >Dr Peter Young wrote: > >> > There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for >> > browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. >> >>

Re: automating login details

2009-04-17 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <7624df4c50.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> Dr Peter Young wrote: >On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 >> Jim Nagel wrote: > >>> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >>> when i go to a certain website i n

Re: Anyone got a very old NetSurf?

2009-03-05 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <503744a382t...@netsurf-browser.org> Michael Drake wrote: >In article <5036cf3ff4t...@netsurf-browser.org>, > Michael Drake wrote: > >> Does anyone have a very old copy of NetSurf? I'm looking for something >> pre summer 2004. > >Thanks for the quick responses! I got what

Re: Need for Java

2009-01-23 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <3f8d2f2250.michaelb...@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> Michael Bell wrote: >So many of the sites I visit need Java. I'll have to stop using >Netsurf if Java doesn't come some time soon. I realise it's a lot of >work, but I don't know how to do it. > >Michael Bell > Do you mean

Re: attacked by a Klingon

2009-01-22 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <20090122161803.1a078...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: >On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:07:52 GMT >Jim Nagel wrote: > >> so i'm mystified. what's "ST;"? whence did this Klingon arrive? > >Sure it's not "Star Trek", and part of the font's actual name? > >Also: I

Re: Streetmap oddity!

2008-12-08 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Torrens (lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Streetmap's old site >http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newdefaulte2.htm > >There is a peculiarity in Netsurf ( r5886 ) > >If you type in a postcode, Streetmap finds it OK. > >But if you drag and drop the same postcode

Re: More overlapping text

2008-12-03 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Vigay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yet again, it's all fine here, same build. There must be something >> different about Paul's settings. > >That's odd. Last time you sai

Re: Degraded multi-tasking?

2008-11-04 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tony Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 4 Nov 2008, John-Mark Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Rob Kendrick wrote: >> > On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:46:02 GMT Dave Higton >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > I have the impression th

Re: Overlapping text problem again

2008-10-11 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Vigay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In a dim and distant universe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Brian Howlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> enlightened us thusly: >> On 10 Oct, Richard Ashbery wrote: Largely works OK here with today's >> version - just a couple of issu

Re: Spurious

2008-08-11 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've found a very curious problem. At the bottom of a long table which >contains several forms I get a spurious "<" character. I have made a >change but I can't see a missing ">" or missing quote or anything that

Re: New HTML parser integrated into NetSurf

2008-08-11 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John-Mark Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >This morning, we merged into NetSurf the HTML parser that Andrew Sidwell >has been working on as his Google Summer of Code project. The new parser >is significantly more robust than the old one, particular

Re: Another suggestion for NetSurf

2008-05-13 Thread Kevin Wells
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 c

Re: Auto-completion

2008-05-13 Thread Kevin Wells
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

Re: Long render times

2008-05-10 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chris Terran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Keith Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>Chris Terran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> This isn't really a bug, I suppose, but I'm int

Re: Background colours

2007-12-16 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dave Symes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Got a problem... guess there is an answer but can't seem to find it. > >Silly people create sites with black backgrounds, then plonk grey text on >it... or Dark blue text. > >In Oregano, If I tick Off the "Use Document

Re: New Builds

2007-11-13 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Daniel Silverstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What happens if you force a reload in whichever browser? > >The same page is reloaded. > >> Does a commandline request for the p

Re: Would this be a sensible feature request?

2007-10-21 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jess Hampshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Kevin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Jess Hampshire <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Would this be a sensible feature request?

2007-10-21 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jess Hampshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Text areas to be able to be edited in the system editor (perhaps by >double clicking on them.) > >If this were feasible it would make things like googlemail quite >usable (especially with stronged\zap in email

Re: Web shop problem

2007-09-15 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We are evaluating different web shop software, most work ok, but the >latest fails with NetSurf. On attempting to add the demo product to >the cart, it just returns to the shop home page. > >http://www.rx8ownersc

Re: Display oddity

2007-07-22 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not sure whether this has been raised before - apologies if I am >inadvertently going over old ground. When accessing some sites which >require user names, passwords etc. the 'boxes' where they should be entered >are too s

Re: Why is this Site so Slow to Load?

2007-07-02 Thread Kevin Wells
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2 Jul 2007 "lists (ww)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> http://www.trademe.co.nz > >> It's a popular local ebay-type auction site, but as the months go by >> it's getting slower to load... 53sec. Hogs the compu