NetSurf 3.2 68k released

[apj]

NetSurf 3.3 Dev 2 68k released:

    * updated libs: libpng 1.6.16; libcurl 7.38.0; libssl 1.0.1j
    * new theme by Ken Lester        
    * new cursor and throbber animation
    * fixed dissappearing pointer
    * fixed crash on muidev.de
    * removed getvideo. Replaced with mp4.ee API.
        Use youtube_autoplay:1 option to enable autoplay after download
        Video is saved to ram:video.mp4
    * moved scroll*.png to theme/icons
    * various bugs and memory leaks fixed
    core:
        *add trivial maps facilitator at about:maps

   
http://ami-soft.blogspot.com/

[QuikSanz]

Finally an updated, advancing, and modern 68K browser, about time. Three pats on the back and an ata boy! Thanks for your hard work.

Chris

[apj]

Thanks!

[QuikSanz]

@apj,

I bet there are some folks out there that may want to contribute to the effort, any place to do so?

Chris

[HammerD]

NetSurf 3.3 Dev 2 68k released:

    * updated libs: libpng 1.6.16; libcurl 7.38.0; libssl 1.0.1j
    * new theme by Ken Lester        
    * new cursor and throbber animation
    * fixed dissappearing pointer
    * fixed crash on muidev.de
    * removed getvideo. Replaced with mp4.ee API.
        Use youtube_autoplay:1 option to enable autoplay after download
        Video is saved to ram:video.mp4
    * moved scroll*.png to theme/icons
    * various bugs and memory leaks fixed
    core:
        *add trivial maps facilitator at about:maps

   
http://ami-soft.blogspot.com/

Thanks - great browser, works really well on my Amithlon setup.  I did notice a couple of things.

-The address bar (where you type in stuff), doesn't provide some functional, to select, shift-delete/backspace (to delete entire line), etc....into the address bar, like IBrowse does.  Any chance to add this?  I see the icons to copy/paste text into the URL - thanks for that.

Also, http://www.nasawatch.com come out all blue - should be white

And in the new theme the news content on amigaworld.net is dark grey - normal?  I'm used to white

Awesome work, thanks so much for this Browser!  

Darren

[apj]

@apj,

I bet there are some folks out there that may want to contribute to the effort, any place to do so?

Chris

There is a donate button :
http://ami-soft.blogspot.com/

Thanks to all who supported.

[apj]

Also, http://www.nasawatch.com come out all blue - should be white

Happens too on OS4 version so not my frontend bug.
You could report it on NetSurf Bugtracker here http://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/

And in the new theme the news content on amigaworld.net is dark grey - normal?  I'm used to white

Thanks, I didn't notice it but I mostly test on this site!

[HammerD]

Happens too on OS4 version so not my frontend bug.
You could report it on NetSurf Bugtracker here http://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/



Thanks, I didn't notice it but I mostly test on this site!

Actually the grey content is showing now on google chrome too, so aw.net must have changed something...

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Anybody ever figure out how to get this to work?  Now that I finally have enough ram I figured I'd give it a shot.

• Downloaded the 68k version off Aminet
• Went through the entire archive and copied everything in Netsurf directories into my directories (i.e., Netsurf/C into C:, NetSurf/Devs into DEVS:, Netsurf/Fonts into Fonts:, etc.).  I also left a copy in the PROGDIR:, just in case.
• - For things that I had already installed that were older, I replaced them with the versions included in the archive (mostly ixemul.library stuff)
•  - For things that I had already installed that were newer, I kept my newer versions (i.e., MUI/thebar.mcp)
• Added the NetSurf: assign to my User-Startup
• Checked that I have PAL monitor driver installed
  
• Added the two lines to the Resources/Options file mentioned in post #12 (replaced the two lines that were already in the file)
  
• Since I noticed them, I also changed "window_width:" and "window_height:" in the Options file to sizes that are more compatible with the resolution of my Workbench, and "disk_cache_size:" to something a little smaller.  I didn't count the digits but I think it defaulted to something like 100GB.  ;)
• I uncommented the second "Mount" statement in the "Assigns" text file
• MiamiDX is running, from what I read in other threads NetSurf should work with this stack
• I also tried changing Options file "window_depth:" from 32 to 16.  No idea what that means but I'm assuming color depth?

After all that, the best I can get when I double-click on any of the three icons is "Attempting to load program NetSurf" at the top of my Workbench, after which it locks up the machine (frozen mouse pointer and everything).

Obviously I don't expect the AGA version to work, but I do have my Workbench set to a nice 800x600x16-bit graphics mode that doesn't have any problems with anything else.

Any ideas?  Something obvious I'm missing?  Or do I have to hunt through the darn Options file and just poke at things until it works, in Typical Amiga Fashion (tm)?  ;)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

For the heck of it I also tried bumping my Workbench up to 1024x768, no difference.  

[wawrzon]

alas i cant tell without trying out myself. i see the version on aminet is fairly old. in the meantime i tested too many different versions (i think the links may still be publicly available somewhere here, on eab or ppa) and just lately one that didnt rely on ixemul.library, which was working fairly well. as usual the devil dwells in minor issues, which is why artur has not released anything new yet. in short, if you mind tinkering yourself, i would advise you to wait till next release. other than that you can et snoopdos catch whats missing. i wouldnt copy netsurf stuff all over the place. i think an assign to the directory it has been decompressed to should be enough. with the new version even this isnt necessary.

[Blizz1220]

@Mike

Last version I managed to get working was 2.7 in 800x600x16 in
Winuae.I'll try new one too but try this in meantime and if it works
try to upgrade and report :rtfm:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nk4dgz1jm0mcczs/Netsurfv2.7-AGA.zip?dl=0

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi!  Thanks for the responses!  I actually downloaded four different versions, but was having a hard time even telling which versions were for 68k, which for OS4, etc.  I'm gonna say this is due to insufficient documentation, but probably more due to the fact that I don't know anything about the software and have never used it.  Or as we call it in the IT field, "operator error".    Was trying "3.3 Dev" that said it was uploaded to Aminet 9/29/2014, so I didn't think it was too old.

We block dropbox at my office but I'll download that other version later and give it a shot.  What's the worst it can do, not work, right?  LOL.  :lol:  IBrowse still works great for most of the browsing I do on my Miggy, just wanted to try something new.  I wish there was better documentation for that "Options" file.  I'll keep poking at it!  

[chris]

Hi!  Thanks for the responses!  I actually downloaded four different versions, but was having a hard time even telling which versions were for 68k, which for OS4, etc.  I'm gonna say this is due to insufficient documentation, but probably more due to the fact that I don't know anything about the software and have never used it.  Or as we call it in the IT field, "operator error".    Was trying "3.3 Dev" that said it was uploaded to Aminet 9/29/2014, so I didn't think it was too old.

My non-Framebuffer Alpha is still here.  It's likely very slow but I'd be interested to know if it works for you.  There's another thread... somewhere... about that.

I wish there was better documentation for that "Options" file.  I'll keep poking at it!  

Try here and here.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Just a quick update - Same crash upon loading with the non-framebuffer Alpha version, but I got it running one time with @Blizz1220's version.  *MY GOD* was it ever slow!  LOL.  Not sure how I feel about the interface but the Google homepage looked nice.  Then I got a visit from the guru when I tried to open amiga.org.  Oh well, I'll keep poking at it!  

[Blizz1220]

@Mike

Thanks for trying on real hardware , it works (kinda) in WinUAE
with JIT set to max overdrive and is a little slow even then :roflmao:

All other versions crash for me.I'm sure there is somebody out there
running stable version ...