NetSurf 2.1 released !

News from the NetSurf Site:

NetSurf 2.1 is a bug fix release. It contains some improvements to page rendering as well as some front-end specific fixes. Full details in the change log. We recommend all users upgrade.

NetSurf 2.1
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Core / All
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* Fix detection of active link areas (avoids entire page being treated
as a link in certain cases).
* Support height on TR.
* Fix numbering of floated list items.
* Make borders/margins/padding on form elements match other browsers.
* Updated Italian translation.
* German welcome page.
* Fix handling of percentage height on HTML and BODY.
* Partially handle percentage heights on TABLE

RISC OS-specific
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* Set bit 4 of extended window flags byte.

GTK-specific
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* Fix buffer overflows in options code.

BeOS/Haiku-specific
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* Implement path plotter for SVG rendering.

AmigaOS-specific
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* Improved packaging and installation rules.
* Speed up scrollwheel scrolling.
* Cache scaled bitmaps in memory by default.
* Support exporting of images as IFF.

Also included are many smaller bug fixes, improvements and
documentation enhancements.


http://www.netsurf-browser.org/

@samo79

Now this version works better than the previous one Owb is still better in matter of speed but this one is really really better than previous release

@samo79

You're well ahead of me.

Note that the "allow saving of images as IFF" includes clipboard support. Bitmapped images are converted to ILBM, SVGs are converted to DR2D (see also this screenshot which shows my standalone svg2dr2d, but uses the same code)

@Chris

Heheheh, i'm a speedy newser

(I always follow SVN repository)

@samo79

So do I, I knew it was coming, and you still beat me!

looking good.
I have one problem that is when i type the letter is repeated twice and if i try and delete one of the letter it deletes both.
e.g. HHeellpp ii hhaavvee aa ppprroobblleemm..
Netsurf 1.2 works fine.
This is in 2.0 and now 2.1.
I`ve tried looking for a setting but failed.
This is typed using OWB.

Mark

@Cap

1.2? I guess you mean the AmiCygnix one - in which case it isn't a good test, as the keybaord handling code is completely different.

What sort of keyboard are you using? Can you run AllKeys (on OS4Depot) in Learn mode and send me a bit of the output?

@Chris

Not able to install netsurf 2.0, I have tried to install this one and I have a DSI error during loading, with the normal or the cairo version:

Crash log for task "NetSurf"
Generated by GrimReaper 52.7
Crash occured in module libxml2-2.6.so at address 0x6F6A2DD0
Type of crash: DSI (Data Storage Interrupt) exception

Symbol info:
Instruction pointer 0x6F6A2DD0 belongs to module "libxml2-2.6.so" (HUNK/Kickstart)

Stack trace:
module WORKBENCH:SObjs/libxml2-2.6.so at 0x6F6A2DD0 (section 0 @ 0x3DD4)
module NetSurf at 0x6F978AF8 (section 12 @ 0x43AD8)
module NetSurf at 0x6F978DBC (section 12 @ 0x43D9C)
native kernel module newlib.library.kmod+0x00001f38
native kernel module newlib.library.kmod+0x00002bcc
native kernel module newlib.library.kmod+0x00002d48
NetSurf:_start()+0x170 (section 8 @ 0x170)
native kernel module dos.library.kmod+0x0001ea6c
native kernel module kernel+0x00057350
native kernel module kernel+0x000573d0


PPC disassembly:
6f6a2dc8: 3b9c0008 addi r28,r28,8
6f6a2dcc: 419a005c beq- cr6,0x6F6A2E28
*6f6a2dd0: 807c0004 lwz r3,4(r28)
6f6a2dd4: 7f44d378 mr r4,r26
6f6a2dd8: 577f1838 rlwinm r31,r27,3,0,28

@Mrodfr

Do you have OS4.0 or OS4.1?

@Chris

I use a ps2 Dell Quiet key and i will try allkeys later.

Ok now i`ve tried Allkeys in learn mode for every key press it logs twice. One of them being the up mode.
I dont know how to save the output.

Mark

@Cap

I don't know what to suggest, as it just passes the keys to MapRawKey, and it works as it should here (except caps lock). I take it you can see the characters appearing, once for the press, and once for the release? What happens if you hold a key down? Perhaps I can filter out key up events manually.

Chris

@Mrodfr

Do you have the elf.library QuickFix installed?

What crashlog do you get if you run the static version?

Chris

@Chris

Excuse me Chris, what is the quickfix for the elf.library ?

@nubechecorre

The one on Hyperion site I presume ...

@Chris_Y

Thanks for the update.

Using the graphics.library version of NetSurf 2.1 on Workbench screen.

I noticed that some of the contents of the NetSurf window tend to disappear if I open another window (such as About... or NotePad) in front of the NetSurf window and drag that window around. As soon as I make the NetSurf window active again and scroll, contents return. I have ClickToFront in my WBStartup drawer. Contents of the NetSurf window also tend to disappear if I move the NetSurf window part way off the screen and back.

My mouse pointer froze a mement ago when I was working on this post. Had to boot to wake up my system. Not sure if I can duplicate.

---
redfox

@Chris

Quote:
1. don't remember because I have reinstalled the AOS4.1 and maybe have forgotten ??? need to check soon 'this end of day after the job or tomorrow).

2. crash with both versions. Same crash.

@redfox

I changed it to a simple refresh window - I'll change it back. I don't see that effect here but that's almost certainly the reason.

@Mrodfr

You won't get the same crash with the static version, as the stack trace is pointing to the libxml2 shared object. Double-check the version shown in About.

@Chris
Regarding the refresh problem, it might be relevant that I have Compositing disabled on non-Workbench screens (I had to create a special Screens override to force Netsurf screen to not use Compositing). Compositing isn't necessary outside Workbench & just uses lots more video memory unnecessarily.

@ChrisH

Possibly. NetSurf does actually use the Composite() function on OS4.1 as it is many times faster than BltBitMapTags()/BitMapScale(), but I don't know whether enabling/disabling compositing for the screen makes any difference.

A quick test on PegasosII:

NetSurf immediatly causes an entire system freeze if i try to resize the window (Resolution: 1440x1050@32).

In 1024x768 it seems to work, though.


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