Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread James Bursa
Obviously the search tool should search through everything. This will be fixed sometime. I don't know when because we can't plan to that detail. I hope this will terminate this aimless thread. James -- James Bursa, NetSurf developerhttp://www.netsurf-browser.org/

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Porter
On 6 Sep 2008 Tim Hill wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't think a feature request should be necessary to correct an >> obvious shortcoming. > Obvious to you perhaps. Just consider a novice user viewing a web page. He or she has no kn

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Ashbery
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 Sep 2008, Richard Ashbery wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > > Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > But on the 3rd column it tells you that there is a 4th column, and > how to view it if y

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Tim Hill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6 Sep 2008, Tim Hill wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > > Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > >> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > >> >Darlington

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Tim Hill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6 Sep 2008, Tim Hill wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > >> The search facility itself is a feature, but once it's been >

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Roger Darlington
On 6 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I cannot find a 'scale view' button in the 'Qute' theme I am using. > > I *think* it has one. Over the toolbar, do Menu > Edit toolbar and you > should be able to drag which

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Roger Darlington
On 5 Sep 2008, Richard Ashbery wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4 Sep 2008, Richard Porter wrote: > > [snip] > >> That is yet another bug in Netsurf that should have been reported >> ages ago. > >> No other browser behaves like this, as

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot find a 'scale view' button in the 'Qute' theme I am using. I *think* it has one. Over the toolbar, do Menu > Edit toolbar and you should be able to drag whichever icons you want to the toolbar or remove ones

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Roger Darlington
On 6 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Tim Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: >> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger >> > >Darlington

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Roger Darlington
On 6 Sep 2008, Tim Hill wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: >> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger >> >Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> So why does it not work when you use the third a

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Roger Darlington
On 6 Sep 2008, Tim Hill wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: >> The search facility itself >> is a feature, but once it's been implemented the fact that it can't >> handle some types of pages is a bug > > No it

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Tim Hill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > > Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > > > > In article <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > > >Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> So

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Tim Hill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > >>> It searches the top level document, which is just a fra

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-06 Thread Tim Hill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger > >Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> So why does it not work when you use the third and much more obvious > >> and visible al

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Richard Ashbery
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008, Richard Porter wrote: [snip] > That is yet another bug in Netsurf that should have been reported > ages ago. > No other browser behaves like this, as I have said many times > before, only Netsurf. > The

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Richard Porter
On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: >>> It searches the top level document, which is just a frameset in this >>> case and therefore has no content. >> But the user isn't concerne

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Richard Porter
On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The row height bug > What's that? If you specify the row height in the table row tag and that height is not exceeded by any cell or any object in any cell in the row, then th

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Roger Darlington
On 5 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So why does it not work when you use the third and much more obvious >> and visible alternative: The magnifying glass 'find'? > > It searches the top level document, which i

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The row height bug What's that? -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > > It searches the top level document, which is just a frameset in this > > case and therefore has no content. > But the user isn't concerned with how the page is constructed. (S)he

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:40:32 +0100 "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm afraid you can't keep wheeling out that response to people using > your application, just because its open source and they happen to be > a developer of some description. I'm afraid I can. We're not here for use

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Richard Porter
On 5 Sep 2008 Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So why does it not work when you use the third and much more obvious >> and visible alternative: The magnifying glass 'find'? > It searches the top level document, which is ju

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Richard Porter
On 5 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: >> Right. The problem is that you can't scroll the whole frameset >> horizontally, and the individual frames can't be scrolled so NetSurf >> just gives up. I had to scale down to 70% to get the index frame in, >> although it will display some frames at 90% and

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So why does it not work when you use the third and much more obvious > and visible alternative: The magnifying glass 'find'? It searches the top level document, which is just a frameset in this case and therefore ha

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Roger Darlington
On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed ones. > > Click in the frame you want to search and either press F4 or do Menu > > Utilities > Find text. >

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Roger Darlington
On 4 Sep 2008, Richard Porter wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Dr Peter Young wrote: > >> On 4 Sep 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: > I have already tried that: it doesn't work in; Wild Flowers http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/ >

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-05 Thread Roger Darlington
On 4 Sep 2008, Richard Porter wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: > >> On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>>Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed ones. >>> >>> Cli

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread David J. Ruck
On 5 Sep 2008 Rob Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:46:52 +0100 > "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Something is displayed, but it's just the banner at the top of the >>> page; you have to reduce the size to be able to see all of it. >> >> Unacceptable. Th

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:46:52 +0100 "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something is displayed, but it's just the banner at the top of the > > page; you have to reduce the size to be able to see all of it. > > Unacceptable. There is nothing to suggest to the user that this > action is

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread David J. Ruck
On 4 Sep 2008 Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BTW in FF3 on the EEE 701 with its 800 pixel wide screen, you see the >> first 3 frames, but there is no horizontal scrollbar for the entire >> window. The only way to get the 4th

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread David J. Ruck
On 4 Sep 2008 David H Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >David J. Ruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That site doesn't work for me at all. I just see the banner at the top, part of which overwrites other parts. The rest of the screen is blank. >>> W

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 4 Sep 2008 "David J. Ruck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4 Sep 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: I have already tried that: it doesn't work in; Wild Flowers http:/

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread David H Wild
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David J. Ruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That site doesn't work for me at all. I just see the banner at the > >> top, part of which overwrites other parts. The rest of the screen is > >> blank. > > With NetSurf, you have to scale the page down; 90% works her

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread David J. Ruck
On 4 Sep 2008 Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: >>> I have already tried that: it doesn't work in; >>> Wild Flowers http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/ >>> Did it work for you?? >> Tha

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Richard Porter
On 4 Sep 2008 Dr Peter Young wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: >>> I have already tried that: it doesn't work in; >>> Wild Flowers http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/ >>> Did it work for you?? >> That site doesn't wo

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dr Peter Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With NetSurf, you have to scale the page down; 90% works here for me. Or make the window wide enough to accommodate all the fixed width frames that the page wants to make. -- Michael Drake (tlsa) ht

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > > Click in the frame you want to search and either press F4 or do Menu > > > Utilities > Find text. > I have already tried that: it doesn't work in; > Wild Flowers http://wil

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 4 Sep 2008 Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: >> On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>>Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-04 Thread Richard Porter
On 4 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: > On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed ones. >> >> Click in the frame you want to search and either pr

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-03 Thread Roger Darlington
On 3 Sep 2008, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed ones. > > Click in the frame you want to search and either press F4 or do Menu > > Utilities > Find text. I

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-03 Thread Michael Drake
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Darlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NetSurf, it appears, will search un-framed sites, but not framed ones. Click in the frame you want to search and either press F4 or do Menu > Utilities > Find text. -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://

Re: Bug: 'Search Text' does not work in framed sites.

2008-09-03 Thread Richard Porter
On 3 Sep 2008 Roger Darlington wrote: > Bug in Netsurf: > Try: > http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/ > and try doing a search (magnifying glass) for the word 'wild'. (Any > word will do, actually, but it just happens that the word 'wild' > occurs almost throughout the site). > Netsurf r/5229 finds