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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<title>NetSurf: The open-source web browser for RISC OS</title>
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<p class="logosmall"><a href="index"><img src="images/logosmall" alt="NetSurf"></a></p>
<h1>User Information</h1>
<h3><a name="requ">Requirements</a></h3>
<p>NetSurf requires the <a href="http://www.chocky.org/unix/usage.html">SharedUnixLibrary</a> to run.  Also, you may need to download the <a href="http://sudden.recoil.org/others/">Acorn URI module</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="devel">Contacting the Developers</a></h2>
<p>If you want to contribute to the NetSurf project, please see the <a href="dev">Developer Information</a>.  Before submitting a bug report, please check that you have the latest version and check to see if the bug has <a href="#known">already been discovered</a>.  Bug reports and questions about NetSurf can be raised in the following forms.</p>
<h3>Mailing List</h3>
<p>The <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/netsurf-develop">netsurf-develop</a> mailing list is for discussion of NetSurf.  If you are interested in NetSurf's development, please subscribe to this list.</p>
<h3>IRC Channel</h3>
<p>The #netsurf-develop IRC channel on the IRCNet network is also for discussion of NetSurf.  Both the ircnet.demon.co.uk and ircnet.easynet.co.uk servers are suitable.</p>
<h3>Bug Tracker</h3>
<p>Please submit any bugs to the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=51719&amp;atid=464312">bug tracker</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="features">Current Features &amp; Limitations</a></h2>
<p>The following features have been implemented:</p>
<ul>
<li>Basic HTML 4, including tables</li>
<li>Parts of CSS</li>
<li>External CSS files</li>
<li><em>&lt;style&gt;</em> element</li>
<li>Local and HTTP fetching</li>
<li>Encrypted HTTP or https</li>
<li>HTML forms, using GET and POST methods</li>
<li>Cookie support</li>
<li>Browser authentication</li>
<li>Redirects</li>
<li>Memory cache</li>
<li>Plugin System</li>
<li>View Source (Press F8)</li>
<li>Support for Acorn URI Protocol and URI files</li>
</ul>
<p>The following is in progress:</p>
<ul>
<li>GUI</li>
<li>PNG Support</li>
<li>JPEG Support</li>
<li>GIF Support</li>
<li>File downloads (eg. zip files)</li>
<li>Improved Memory handling</li>
</ul>
<p>We want to release a stable and fairly complete HTML / CSS browser before considering JavaScript support.  To see what remains to be done in more detail, please see the <a href="http://cvs.semichrome.net/netsurf/Docs/">TODO lists</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="known">Known Bugs</a></h2>
<ul>
<li>No way to re-download a webpage, if it has been updated, without quitting NetSurf.</li>
<li>PNGs with transparency don't display correctly unless you have Select.</li>
<li>NetSurf quits when it runs out of memory</li>
</ul>
<p class="footer"><em>NetSurf</em> is copyright 2003 - 2004 The NetSurf Developers<br>This page was written by Michael Drake</p>
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