OWB 3.19

@logicalheart

Depends on what you are searching for. If your search gives you results with pictures displayed it will crash when you get back from any link you have followed.

I wrote about this in 3.18 thread.

Try f.i. "Commodore 64" and follow any given link, then press back..

@Alkaron
Thanks for the additional information. I tried that and it does crash.

@Alkaron

Thanks for pointing that out. You are right. I get a crash every time I go back to a google list with pictures. I had so many crashes last night that I did not realize that one search worked just fine. It had no pictures.

For example, if I enter any one of the following search terms, I get a crash when I go back to the list:
soyuz
avro arrow
rose
tiger

If I use the following search term, I get a list with no pictures and no crash:
aminet
the digital group

For the benefit of anyone else who is trying to duplicate the crash ...

I enter my search term (for example, the word soyuz) in the text field in the upper right corner of the OWB window beside the magnifying glass and press the enter key. Google does a search and creates a list. Usually I can click on a link in the list and the web page comes up ok. Then when I click the back button in the upper left corner of the OWB window, the program crashes.

The crash seems to occur if there are pictures in the original list generated by Google.

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redfox

Is there a proper bug report on this yet?

@redfox + others

I don't get any crashes. ???

@MickJT

See my crash log 273 over at http://crashlog.os4depot.net/.

Not sure if I can report a bug at the bug site.

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redfox

@TSK

Any one of the following search terms should cause a crash:
soyuz
avro arrow
rose
tiger

For example, type rose in the text entry area at the top right corner of the OWB window. Hit enter key. Google search should create a list with some pictures. Click on any one of the links. You should be able to see that web page ok. Then click on the back arrow at the top left corner of the OWB window and you should see a crash.

Note:
I am using default settings for OWB 3.19.
I have a MicroA1 with IBM 750 GX CPU and 256 MB RAM.
I am using publically released versions of AmigaOS 4.1 and Quickfixes.
(no beta versions)

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redfox

@redfox

Interesting .......

If I go into tool types, there are two search sites in brackets.

If I get rid of the google.com one and force the other one to be active, no further crashes.

SEARCH=http://exalead.com/search/results?q=%s

As far as I know, I have never used exalead.com before for searches.

It seems to create a listing with pictures. Since I have never used this site before, I don't know if these pictures are similar to icons or if theyare some sort of graphical link to the listed website. They look sort of like a shrunken version of the front page of the linked website. I can click on any link and go to the web page ok and return to the listing ok when I click the back arrow button.

[edit...]
Yahoo.ca search also seems to work ok, although a bit slower,
SEARCH=http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s

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redfox

@redfox

Still no crash on my system.

@Alkaron

Quote:

Yes I can confirm that. OWB 3.19 (clean install), SAM440ep, 667MHz, 512MB RAM, OS4.1 with the latest quickfix and debug kernel.

@Alkaron

Confirmed crashing

edit: Google Search

It appears to be a problem with Google search. Altavista works fine, so if you crash or not, add what search emgine you're using.

@joerg


Here got crashes(in 3.18 too) when OWB was iconified and many time wasnt recoverable...any one experienced it?

Also got weird and really annoing page that tell me that the site wasnt reachable(on 3.18 too)...never happens in previous versions(3.17 and less)

@redfox

I can confirm, that I also get a crash with OWB 3.15 using google search.

Looks like it's fixed in 3.20 (whenever that comes out).

@all
Do anybody know how to contact J?rg ? I tried the email address on his webpage where he asks to send donations. And I PM'ed here. No answers so far.

OWB 3.19 has been working fine for me since I changed the default search setting to use AltaVista instead of Google. I've been using it this way for quite a few days.

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redfox