Re: Avaaz fails to open

In article <54472cbd3fchris@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
cj <chris@chris-johnson.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <5236204754.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>,
> Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> > Fails for me here with 2107 (Iyonix, RO 5.20); lots of hour glasses,
> > nothing gets written to the window within any reasonable time.

> OK. I have now turned JS on and it does indeed hourglass on and off
> for ages. Clicking the 'stop loading' button allows the load to stop
> without crashing.

> The short answer then is that it is a javascript problem - Netsurf
> doesn't do javascript very well at all at the moment.

> I would respectively suggest that any problem page should be checked
> with JS off as well as on before reporting it as a bug. Version 2.9,
> of course, had no javascript so that is why it loads the page.

You're absolutely right. JS off - the link works. Duh! I knew about the JS
on/off business but had forgotten all about it. Senility rules OK.
Now, if there was a JS on/off button on the Netsurf page instead of delving
into Choices that would be nice. Hope springs eternal.

Thanks anyway for pointing out the bleedin' obvious.

Regards,

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Chris