Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Mat]

I was extremely excited to read about the work that was done to port Netsurf to Mac OS 9. I truely belive that is the way to go that will get us back online, and make our live much more easy. The developer needs our full support!

Anyways the first experiance was extremely frustrating and I am lost. Perhaps somebody can help me? First the website is not reachable with Mac OS 9. Even if there is a link at macsurf.org that is stated to work with Mac OS 9, no browser like Classilla, Opera, iCab,  ... could connect to the website. So I had to use an external Linux Computer at another place and transfer the file via USB stick.

Subsequently, after unpacking the program (btw. I love the fact that there is no installer, like in the old days when things were clear and easy), I could open the program MacSurf. But it is never connecting anywhere, just a blank page and the hint at the bottom "BadParameter".
Now hold on, when Classilla is loaded, MacSUrf, starts to display its homepage!
Did anybody else discover such a behavior? Means the need to have Classilla active to make MacSurf connecting to any server, ... ?

The rendering is a disaster. I got the feeling Netsurf at Linux and Atari can do much better. I´ll have closer look the upcoming days and compare a few websites.