As painfully pointed out on the Dutch Palm community, currently the captive portal functionality of the Palm Pre 3 is not functioning when trying to connect to the NS Wifi network as available in many trains.Instead of showing the portal page, it shows a javascript disabled error message.
Steps to reproduce:
- Board an NS Intercity train with Wifi available (identified by a rotated RSS sign on the door, commonly used as signal strength indicator for WiFi networks on both WebOS, Gnome Shell and if I recall correctly Mac OS X)
- Enable Wifi on the Pre 3 and connect to the "tmobile" network
- A "captive portal" notification pops up, tap it
Expected result:
Expected was the captive portal page of this network, where users are able to accept the terms and "connect"
Actual result:
What happens is that a card pops up with a message similar to "Javascript is disabled on this window", blinking (probably reloading the same page) twice a second over and over again. This prevents the user to actually accept the terms and start using the WiFi network.
Software used:
Palm/HP WebOS 2.2 R3171
Post relates to: HP Pre 3 (Unlocked EU)
