Re: NetSurf Developer Workshop

On 05/11/2012 14:54, Rob Kendrick wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 02:50:50PM -0000, Learning Partners wrote:
>> Massive thanks are due to all involved. I look forward to the next stable
>> release and the javascript implementation.
>
> It should be noted that if we do manage to get a RISC OS build of
> NetSurf 3.0 with JavaScript support (at the moment we do not have the
> actual interpreter built for RISC OS, but do have its dependancies
> built), it will not work on sites that do dynamic layout changes.
> Basically, it will only be useful in the first instance for the type of
> JavaScripts that only look but don't touch the document, and for
> document.write()-type generation.
>
> Full dynamic layout requires a significant reworking of our layout code
> to be able to cope with the document changing, and this is scheduled for
> a future version of NetSurf beyond 3.0.

. . . but it will degrade gracefully, I hope ;)

Fantastic news. For me, this and other developments might presage a
return to RISCOS as a day-to-day platform in 2013.
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