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[Mort] M IExplorer - html skinned menus for Mortscript

So here's a new topic i am gonna be making shortly.
We r gonna use Pocket IE to edit Mortscript variables.
This will allow us to skin the choice statement, etc. Because we r running IE in kiosk/full screen mode we have 100% of the screen real estate.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
(Would look nicer with some graphics...)
This means we can use all the html form commands as mortscript variable selectors. Text Input, Round and square check boxes, pull down menus. Not to mention javascript form processing.
Enclosed is a working example.
Next update should include the javascript url interpreter to "hint"/fill the html form statements. I will of course find out how many variables we can work with on the url line.
Let me know if this does not work for u.
What u will see:
Run it, then IE will open and hopefully open full screen
then u will see a page asking for a text box and radios. fill em and click submit. It will go to a new page and then pop up with the url/form data.
If anybody wants to proceed further i have a much further developed code. IExplorer is easy to work with. I am just working on the Opera version.

Status & Issues
Status & Issues

html for Mobile phones
html layout.

Javascript to make the magic happen
Javascript

The easy to do: IExplorer is a pushover
IExplorer works no holds barred.
url is in the title. ? and & passed arguments show in the title.
Passing ? and & to a static web page works just fine

The not so easy: Opera is ok
Opera 8.65 and Opera 10 hopefully function similarly.
Full screen mode is great. Is there a shortcut to open the browser full screen? there very well may be.
Opera will not show the url in the title, BUT we can set the page title to be the URL and tada.
Now passing URL to a static page is turning out to be a like a bull fight.
How to pass the variable data in and out?

Third browser set?
Third browser set?
We might as well look out for additional browsers. Some may function perfectly right out of the box as long as we check.
UC
UCee
Skyfire
more

And btw.
I had thought for a moment that IE was not installed on certain ROMs.
I did decide not to bother with the other browser types... no reason.

[Q] HTC People - Address not fully visible

The misses has just received here DHD and found that the standard HTC People manager only shows the address in a small scrollable field and it's really awkward to see the full address at a glance.
Does anyone have any ideas how to make the address easily visible?
Or an alternative contact manager app?
I'll post screen shots later if it'll help.
I had a quick surf earlier and couldn't find any info that was helpful...

So we can view a complete contract address, does anyone know how to get the standard Contact viewer to replace HTC's?
HTC Contact Address is truncated on a single line e.g.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Android Contact Address is shown over several lines e.g.
Excuse the pic's, they're for illustration purposes only.

I had the same problem with my last phone - a Nokia E71. You had to hit 'edit' to view the address in a seperate window. A pain in the posterior! And, like you, I've noticed that the HTC People app does the same thing. So you can either a) use the 'edit' mode or b) tap the address, it comes up on Google maps, tap the flag and then the full address pops up. Doh ....
Thing is, with the more basic Nokias, and I've just checked with the wife's 2730 Classic, you can use the 'View' option to look at the complete address. If the address was so long it wouldn't fit on one screen then you just scroll down. Simples! Now, how can Android do the same?
Dave

Same problem with birthday... Can't see the year until you edit it, annoying

OK. Been looking into this as I was getting a bit hacked off with it. Something so basic .... Anyhow, downloaded 'AddressBook for Android 2' and at first it looked quite good but soon noticed it had no 'comapny' field ... But you could view the complete address in a single window.
Then tried Youlu. Now this seems to meet all my needs (at present anyway!). It gives all the same info as the 'people' app but when you choose the address you get ..... the full postal address!!!! Only then, if you tap the address you get Google maps showing where it is.
HTH
Dave

Thanks for the suggestions, although I don't see many favourable reviews for Youlu - how have you found it?

I sent this issue to HTC a few weeks back. Maybe if more of us do the same they may consider addressing it (if you'll pardon the pun) in a future update.
I'm getting a little fed-up with having to consider using 3rd party apps to replace basic functionality. I'm using Handcent because Sense SMS is broken, the Sense calendar is full of holes and doesn't include tasks, so I'm looking for a replacement... And contacts (which is otherwise ok) doesn't show complete addresses!

Problem with xda-developers

Hello,
I have problem with xda-developers from one weak. Before that forum work great.
Maybe problem is only on IE, because on Mozilla and Chrome it's OK.
I open forum from work with IE 11 and look the same
Any ideas how to fix it?
Only on IE 11 forum look like that:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

me to ....

I have the same problem. I think it's the browser.
Sent from my SM-G925P using Tapatalk

me three
I tried sending mail through the contact page for webmaster/technical issues but it never goes.
"about a week ago, the site basically broke using IE 11 on a PC with lots of script errors related to "console"
the script errors have subsided but the site is unusable in IE11 .
Chrome, fine, but not IE"

@svetius

I was going to post this.
Can also confirm this on IE11 on Windows 10.
Both Chrome and Edge can load the page just fine. IE used to work so a recent change messed it up.

Any information?

I pinged svetius, but he did not reply.
Maybe @MikeChannon can say more.
Thanks. :fingers-crossed:

does zoom out to like 90% help?
admins are busy and don't always reply even if they have seen the thread
also maybe @bitpushr could help
Sent from my XT1080 using XDA Labs

Does this still happen?

still not good on ie 11

@bitpushr
It still happens.
Using IE11 the website appears all messed up.
Not the XDA Website but just the forums.
Opening the Programmer Tools (F12) shows that even though the HTTP Header requests the page to be rendered in "Edge" mode the page actually gets rendered in IE7 mode instead.
Changing <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"> to <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=11"> on the HTTP header seems to fix the issue here.

This had to do with the order of the meta tag for IE mode. It should now be fixed (thanks @webworker01!)
Let me know if you are still having problems viewing the site in IE.

Thank you!
It's much better!
I see problem only when post reply.

normal view.
thanks

Now i have new problem my IE freeze when i open xda I can't do anything. Only Task Manager helps. Mozilla work perfect, no problems.
My friend have same issue with IE.

Belqta said:
Now i have new problem my IE freeze when i open xda I can't do anything. Only Task Manager helps. Mozilla work perfect, no problems.
My friend have same issue with IE.
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Yes , same here on IE. Ad scripting has gone berserk, making it unusable again in IE.
Using ad block plus helps a little, but it really only stays usable for a few pages worth of clicks.
for me, the breakage DID seem to coincide with Microsoft Patch Tuesday , (the fix to the header from earlier n the thread seemed to make things okay) but I couldnt swear to Windows update being the cause.
I'm on Windows 10 IE11

Yes, we've confirmed this ourselves, that IE is causing issues with freezing.
Hopefully someone will wake @bitpushr up and he'll work his magic :good:

Any updates? This is really killing my at work browsing since I'm limited to IE11.

How hard can it be to fix this?
Just roll back to the last version of the forum software that actually worked.
This has now been going on for a month ...

All DNS or VPN based adblockers cause problems in Wifi and Chrome

Hello guys,
I have had one specific problem for literally years now and I could never find a solution.
Say I've got a Galaxy S20 and I won't root it. Leaves me with three options to block ads:
- use Firefox and uBlock origin
- set dns.adguard.com as custom DNS
- use Blokada, DNS66 or any other VPN-based adblocker
The problem with the latter two: Chrome will randomly stop functioning whenever I am connected to any wifi network.
It will just stop loading random sites, not show all pictures in Google Image search, not show anything anymore when you click back and forward or just stop loading anything at all.
Go to mobile connection, it immediately works. Disable the DNS/VPN blocker, it immediately works.
Reconnect wifi, it will work again for a while. Can be two days, can be ten minutes. It's completely random.
I am not able to figure out ANY reason why this is happening.
I know Chrome has its own DNS resolver and you should disable it when using DNS based blocking methods (disable async dns resolver and clear dns cache), and while this fixes the problem that not all ads are blocked in a reliable way, it doesn't fix the wifi connection loss.
Using DNS or VPN based blockers only cause problems in Chrome, no other app.
I know I could just switch browsers, its just that I use Chrome on desktop as well and like the synced bookmarks.
Does anyone have any idea why using a VPN/DNS based adblocker would cause Chrome to specifically stop working randomly only in a wifi network, but not via mobile?
I have had this issue over several devices and Android versions for years now and I can't figure it out.
Curious if any of you can help.

I responded to your comment in another thread.
Idk why Chrome has problems on Wi-Fi, but an easy solution would be to save your Chrome bookmarks to HTML file and import it into a different mobile browser. There are plenty of better browsers for privacy & adblocking.

Strange indeed. I am using adguard dns from last 2 years, never faced such issue on chrome.

You can do what I do. Use samsung internet and enable one of its many ad blocked off your choice.
On desktop, chrome install the samsung internet extension. It'll sync bookmarks between desktop chrome and samsung internet.
I use 1.1.1.1 dns.. I know it didn't block ads but it enables me to bypass dns blocked sites my goverment blocked. View attachment 5026155
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my SM-G985F using Tapatalk

Cannot access from Firefox: blocked by cloudflare

Until yesterday I was able to access to the forum using Firefox; since today I am greeted with a web page which say:
Sorry, you have been blocked
You are unable to access xda-developers.com
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I am currently using Google Chrome which isn't blocked.
I tried to clear chache and cookies in Firefox, but I am still blocked.
Can an Admin unblock me?

@Mister_Dave I'm always using Firefox but don't have such an issue gratefully.
@MikeChannon @the_scotsman
Gentlemen. any idea how to help our member?

Ive referred this to a different Admin.
Mike

Can you pm me your IP address and page you are trying to access that is blocked?
I'm more worried your browser is doing something malicious, like a bad plugin or something. Did you try with Firefox incognito with no extensions enabled?
I looked up the IP you made that post with and did not see any firewall events. Is it possible your Firefox is using a VPN and Chrome isn't?

bitpushr said:
Can you pm me your IP address and page you are trying to access that is blocked?
I'm more worried your browser is doing something malicious, like a bad plugin or something. Did you try with Firefox incognito with no extensions enabled?
I looked up the IP you made that post with and did not see any firewall events. Is it possible your Firefox is using a VPN and Chrome isn't?
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The url of the page is simply https://forum.xda-developers.com/
As I've said, until yestarday as well in the past weeks, I didn't had any problem with Firefox; furthermore I didn't changed anything as well I don't have firewalls nor vpn.
In incognito mode I don't get the blocked page; I tried to disable extensions but the problem still remains.
In the meantime I also tried to disable all extensions and I found the culprit: was "User-Agent Switcher and Manager": I disabled it and then re-enabled and now Firefox works again...
EDIT: I spoke too soon: it happened again: I'm going to send you the PM.
EDIT 2: I placed "forum.xda-developers.com" in the Extension's whitelist: seems that works again after various times.
EDIT 3: yay, I can confirm it: I'm writing from Firefox.