Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:02:59 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Warning: Galeon 1.3.8 is buggy (unusable?) Message-ID: <oprvc9e9b48ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1063334273.40543.9.camel@jake> References: <1063334273.40543.9.camel@jake>
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:37:53 -0400, Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> wrote: > Galeon 1.3.8 seems to have some problems with forms on some websites. > The problem doesn't seem to occur on everyone's installation (one of my > boxes is fine, and Marcus's box is fine), but myself and another guy in > #galeon (GIMPnet IRC) are having the exact same problem. > > Essentially, when you fill out a form and submit, the data isn't > processed correctly. The processing script ends up with no data at all. > I've reproduced this problem on both POST and GET forms, so it's not > specifically related to method. > > Two websites that are known to cause problems for both of us are: > http://boston.craigslist.org/nfa/ > http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums/search.php > > Anyhow, we're both researching the problem now, and will discuss it with > the Galeon team tomorrow morning. We both suspect it's a Javascript > error, but we haven't proven anything definitively yet. I personal don't think it's JavaScript issue, because the first link doesn't has any of it. The second page, it has very small JavaScript[1] and I don't know how it can cause the GET/POST forms problem, since this only does the refresh job. [1] <a href="javascript:window.location=window.location"> Cheers, Mezz > For now, I'd recommend perhaps holding off on upgrading. If we can prove > this is a problem specifically in Galeon 1.3.8, a fixed version should > follow quickly. > > If you DID upgrade to 1.3.8 and find yourself having this problem, you > might have to remove ~/.galeon and downgrade back to 1.3.7. Going back > to 1.3.7 without removing the settings didn't fix the problem for me. > Once I removed the settings, all was fine again (well, as fine as it was > before I started messing with 1.3.8). > > If you need further help with this, swing by #freebsd-gnome on FreeNode > IRC. -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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