Peter Young wrote on 29 Dec:
> On 29 Dec 2013 Jim Nagel <netsurf@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
>> Two links in http://netsurf-browser.org/documentation/roinfo are
>> broken:
>> - The one for "Acorn URI" points to http://sudden.recoil.org -- that
>> domain is no longer active.
>> - The one for "Mimemap datafile" tries to fetch
>> http://www.beebware.com/software/mappings/[object%20Location] -- dunno
>> where the strange bit in square brackets comes from or what it means,
>> but the attempt to load goes on forever and produces nothing.
>> There may be others.
>> Same behaviour from both Netsurf r1391 and the latest r1552.
> FWIW Windows Firefox gives the same "Can't find" error for the first
> URL, but the second one loads, via MPro and UniLaunch, the bit before
> the square brackets, from which the MimeMap file can be found.
> So it looks as if NetSurf might be able to solve the second one, if
> someone would like to report the bug, for such it would seem to be.
I tried deleting the squarebracked bit, but it immediately reappeared.
What does it mean anyway?
And, is this Mimemap file up to date anyway? Could well be that the
one I have (from timil, Tim Hill) is more comprehensive.
--
Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk
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