NetSurf 3.11 has been released!

@MickJT
@Chris

Update...

Responded too quickly. Next time I used that version of NetSurf, I tried Reuters and the mouse pointer disappeared and my system froze up solid. No response to reset key sequences.

I had to power off and on to recover.

First time I have ever gone to Reuters website with any Amiga web browser, so don't know if it is just bad luck or an issue with this version of NetSurf.


Update#2...

Ooookay...

Reuters website also freezes up my system using NetSurf 3.11
I had to power off and on to recover.

Perhaps my ancient system can't handle this website.

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redfox

I've had a play around with c-ares today. I've added some code to get the DNS servers (which is what I thought the problem was) but it hasn't helped.

I cheated a bit by only opening bsdsocket for this one function - probably it needs to use it throughout the code rather than clib/newlib (especially when it gets linked to curl as that uses bsdsocket directly), but I don't think that's the problem here.

If anybody wants to look at it my fork is here:
https://github.com/chris-y/c-ares/tree/amiga

OK, I think the problems are all fixed now (mostly thanks to MickJT). I don't have another test build at this time, but all scenarios should be working;
gethostbyname_r crash circumvented
Threaded resolver working without using the above
SSL errors fixed by using AmiSSL

There should be a full new release before the end of the year, and the CI builds will be working imminently.

@Chris

Thank you very much this is a great news. I'm looking forward to testing the new version of NetSuf and using it as a browser for some things. Thanks again to MickJT for the support

The next build triggered (6769) will have the fixes in it.

Just installed the latest build version #6772 from November 15: works fine!
Including encrypted websites. No crashes so far!

Yay!

@Chris tested here #6772 on my SAM460ex and works fine. Great job!!!

Hi,

Where can I find build #6772.

I would like to test it, thanks.

@skynet

https://ci.netsurf-browser.org/builds/amiga/

@McFly

Thank you McFly

I just installed build #6772 on my A1222+.

I can confirm its installed successfully.

I also can now browse the web much better than it was before.

I am even typing this message within Netsurf fine.

Only thing I notice is.

When you use minimize icon.

Instead of netsurf icon, it has a square window and full title of the page on the desktop.

Is it possible to minize into an icon instead?

Also when I try to view the amigians threads as newest first from the topic options, nothing happens?

But overall build #6772 is much more better so far than previous builds.

@Chris

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Great work....tested build 6772 and it works fine

One question about Netsurf, can we at some point also list favorite links as tap view, just like it works with Odyssey?

@Boabster

I'll have a look, I haven't used the iconify for years so can't remember how it works. I think there might be an option to minimise to AmiDock instead?

The topic options don't work yet as they use unsupported Javascript.

@Maijestro

Tap view?

Do you mean bookmark toolbar? That's possible by moving items into the hotlist toolbar section in the hotlist editor.

@Chris


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Thanks for the information, I didn't know how to set it. It works fine, but there are problems with umlauts ÄäÜüÖö and the small icon previews, you can see it on the screenshot.

@Maijestro
I guess this is happening because of Unicode characters, which are not supported in our system

@Boabster

It's normal, the iconization creates a small thumbnail of the opened site... but yep, maybe the text under the icon could mmbe automatically shortened

@Chris

Using test build 6772 here. Works well for me.

In the past I always used the Default theme, but this time I am using the AISS theme. I didn't have all the required AISS images so I borrowed some images from the default theme (hotlist-add, hotlist-rmv and closetab).

Still need to sort out the "button" that shows the warning symbols.
This "button" is on the left side of the url. Currently blank.

Other than that, this version of NetSurf is working well for me.

Thanks so much,
redfox

@walkero

Yeah, they should be getting converted to the local charset before display. Hmm.. I'll check it tomorrow.