Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:47:23 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system Message-ID: <199901250147.SAA03468@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199901250020.QAA22590@bubba.whistle.com> References: <1476.917220230@zippy.cdrom.com> <199901250020.QAA22590@bubba.whistle.com>
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> > I really don't understand the problems that everyone is having, > > myself. I've been running netscape (communicator 4.5) in -current for > > ages now and just switched to 4.0 without any problems. My netscape > > still continues to function just fine and has never crashed any of > > my system so much as once. > > > > Why the wide disparity in experience, I wonder? > > Do you ever run Java applets? Netscape 4.5 seems to work fine > until running Java, which kicks off some sort of time bomb. > Death is not immediate, but it is guaranteed. Agreed. However, I disabled Java, and I can also get death anytime I try to download a file using netscape. Not fun. In the interim I'm back to using 3.07, which is rock-solid but doesn't support all of the java that I'd like it to. ;( Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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