From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 12 9:42: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58C2F37B423 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA00402; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:40:28 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:40:28 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Helge Oldach Cc: David Uhring , ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de, mark@cnmnetwork.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ... Message-ID: <20000912114028.B2339@futuresouth.com> References: <00091119231200.01827@dave> <200009120357.FAA28934@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200009120357.FAA28934@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com>; from Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 05:57:49AM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 05:57:49AM +0200, a little birdie told me that Helge Oldach remarked > > The key to stability is: > > >Keep java-scripting turned off and your Netscape installation will be > >stable. > > Unfortunately the number of sites that *require* JS is increasing... Unfortunately also, I still get crashes (granted, not as often, but still far too often), even with JavaScript AND Java turned off. Mozilla would be a step up, except it's also buggy, has a few (mis)features, and is slower than crap. Mosaic would be nice, but it's missing a few key features (read: STOP button). \end{rant} -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message