Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 09:18:41 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@mexcom.net> To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape native version Message-ID: <33EB2AC1.173B1CC@mexcom.net> References: <199708081326.DAA28863@pegasus.com>
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Richard Foulk wrote: > > } On Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 10:06:37PM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > } > Jordan recently sent e-mail announcing that Netscape has a native > } > implementation of Navigator. > } > > } > Actually, it was of Communicator. And, perhaps he should have mentioned > } > it needs to run under 2.2 as it was linked dynamically and has VD > } > (Version Discrepency) on the g++, c and stdc shared libraries. > } > } Anyone else notice that it often just refuses to die?? I'd say about 60% > } of the time for me, when I close it by selecting "Exit" from the menu, > } or close the window using the window manager, Netscape disapears from > } the screen, but a process list shows me it's still there, eating up > } 20MB or RAM and burning away my CPU. 'kill -9' is your friend.. > > Dies just fine for me. > > } Also, the java performance just seems HORRIBLE with the FReeBSD version.. > } Idon't know what they're doing, but for some reason the FreeBSD version > } runs about 1000% slower than the Linux version of Communicator (and the > } BSDI 3.0 series). > > My Java performance seems okay. Haven't tried the other versions yet > to compare. > > } Finally, Communicator locked up on me last night - actuallly it locked > } up and took out my system with it.. complete freeze. X was still > } "displaying", but the keyboard and mouse were dead. The machine wouldn't > } even answer pings... complete freeze. Needless to say, since I've been > } running FreeBSD (almost 2 years) this is the first time this has ever > } happened to me. Lock up. Not even a crash. Nothing is worse, and horrible > } images of win95 were filling my head. > } > } Solution: > } rm -rf /usr/local/netscape > } mount /cdrom > } pkg_add /cdrom/packages/All/slynx-2.7.tgz > } > } Communicator may have a pretty interface, but it's a behemouth, > } resource eating, system crashing, poor performing monster. Surely they > } can do better... > > Communicator is a fairly important product. That Netscape is now apparently > supporting FreeBSD is a *very* important development! It raises the status > of FreeBSD considerably. > > It works reasonably well considering that it's in beta right now. > > Please lighten up. > > Richard Has anyone noticed that JavaScripts work "differently" or not at all. Neat bells and whistles, bottons that change colors, etc??? Maybe it's better :-)
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