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Aug 8, 2019 12:46pm

David Pitt (3386) 1248 posts

OT follow up moved from Announcements

A comment in a webpage was terminated with --!>, it should be -->. NetSurf did not display anything following the ‘incorrect’ comment end but Firefox and Safari did.

—!>

There is indeed some explicit support for —!>, but why?

A bit of background :-

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Mar/0249.html

https://blog.whatwg.org/test-html5-parsing

Aug 8, 2019 1:35pm

Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts

Thanks for the move, David :)

Aug 8, 2019 8:43pm

Rick Murray (539) 13840 posts

Steffen, moved here from Announcements.

are probably aiming for full compatibility with Browse, Fresco, Oregano (2), Webster and ArcWeb.

Hey, don’t forget Webite.

Aug 9, 2019 10:17am

Steffen Huber (91) 1953 posts

Steffen, moved here from Announcements.

It was directly related to the original topic (doing the announcement in the Forum instead of investing a few minutes to put it onto a decent website), so it was not irrelevant chatter like the details about HTML and its interesting interpretations in various browsers.

Aug 9, 2019 4:59pm

Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts

Actually, that wasn’t the original topic. The original topic was the ARMBook, and its development progress. For some reason, people seemed rather more interested in derailing it onto website stuff. I found it a bit bizarre, in all honesty…. And now I’m doing the same to this thread. ARGH!

Aug 9, 2019 8:37pm

Steffen Huber (91) 1953 posts

Actually, that wasn’t the original topic.

Related, Andrew. Related is what I said. I still can’t read the same information you posted here in the forum (i.e. something public) on your website. You need to fix these websites. Now. It is a mixture of abusing-the-eye stuff, illogical structured content, sited on various non-obvious domains (“secure ordering” via https://homepages.plus.net/? Without a proper certificate?) and lack of meaningful information. Look at the Messenger Pro page. It says “v8”. I have version 2. What is the difference? What is the upgrade price?

You’re really still selling the “Internet Suite” with Webster XL? Hopefully it is just another piece of outdated information and not a serious offer. Oh, and the complete pack with a 56k V90 modem is also still available. What a bargain. Then a dead link to http://www.feathermail.co.uk/. Thank god for the Centrino-based RISCBooks which look up-to-date in comparison.

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Aug 8, 2019 12:46pm David Pitt (3386) 1248 posts	OT follow up moved from Announcements A comment in a webpage was terminated with `--!>`, it should be `-->`. NetSurf did not display anything following the ‘incorrect’ comment end but Firefox and Safari did. —!> There is indeed some explicit support for —!>, but why? A bit of background :- https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Mar/0249.html https://blog.whatwg.org/test-html5-parsing

Aug 8, 2019 1:35pm Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts	Thanks for the move, David :)

Aug 8, 2019 8:43pm Rick Murray (539) 13840 posts	Steffen, moved here from Announcements. are probably aiming for full compatibility with Browse, Fresco, Oregano (2), Webster and ArcWeb. Hey, don’t forget Webite.

Aug 9, 2019 10:17am Steffen Huber (91) 1953 posts	Steffen, moved here from Announcements. It was directly related to the original topic (doing the announcement in the Forum instead of investing a few minutes to put it onto a decent website), so it was not irrelevant chatter like the details about HTML and its interesting interpretations in various browsers.

Aug 9, 2019 4:59pm Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts	Actually, that wasn’t the original topic. The original topic was the ARMBook, and its development progress. For some reason, people seemed rather more interested in derailing it onto website stuff. I found it a bit bizarre, in all honesty…. And now I’m doing the same to this thread. ARGH!

Aug 9, 2019 8:37pm Steffen Huber (91) 1953 posts	Actually, that wasn’t the original topic. Related, Andrew. Related is what I said. I still can’t read the same information you posted here in the forum (i.e. something public) on your website. You need to fix these websites. Now. It is a mixture of abusing-the-eye stuff, illogical structured content, sited on various non-obvious domains (“secure ordering” via https://homepages.plus.net/? Without a proper certificate?) and lack of meaningful information. Look at the Messenger Pro page. It says “v8”. I have version 2. What is the difference? What is the upgrade price? You’re really still selling the “Internet Suite” with Webster XL? Hopefully it is just another piece of outdated information and not a serious offer. Oh, and the complete pack with a 56k V90 modem is also still available. What a bargain. Then a dead link to http://www.feathermail.co.uk/. Thank god for the Centrino-based RISCBooks which look up-to-date in comparison.