[netsurf-users] Re: Google search

In message <a84fade15b.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
Harriet Bazley <lists@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

> Google.co.uk appears to have permanently disabled search results without
> JavaScript, after intermittent blocks:
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865

> They don't currently appear to be doing anything than testing whether JS
> is enabled in the browser, rather than actually using it to manipulate
> the results display, because simply switching JS on in Netsurf produces
> the same listings as before (whereas it has no effect on most 'requires
> JavaScript' sites beyond slowing down the rendering of the page).

> DuckDuckGo displays a completely blank page with nothing in it but a
> text icon, which appears to work for searching with JS both on and off,
> but is not reassuring....

Searchy by Andrew Poole appears to work okay with Google still. Just have
to make sure you have JS switched on in NS.


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