Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:15:33 +0100 (MET) | From | Stefan Ring <> | Subject | Re: That whole Netscape problem... |
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> In message <36A4C42D.83DBE79B@home.com>, Graham TerMarsch writes: > > > I'll admit that I haven't been avidly following the whole thread going on > > regarding the problems that people have been having with Netscape as of late > > but it's gotten so bad recently that I've just got to throw in my own two > > cents.... > > > > I'm running Netscape 4.5 here on my RH 5.2 machine w/2.2pre7-ac2 and have > > found that more and more often with the newer kernels its hanging up. Don't > > recall this happening in any of the 2.1.13x kernels that I'd tried, but with > > the 2.2pre kernels it's happening about every half hour to an hour now. Not > [snip] > > > I have also noticed increasing Netscape crash frequency (INCF > factor:) as kernel revisions head toward 2.2. I think the > problem is Netscape, but there isn't a lot we can do about > that for the moment. > > Patiently wait for Netscape 5 and hope they do a better job? > > I wish there was an alternative, but as ugly as Netscape is, there > really isn't any other choice right now. >
I have turned to netscape 3.01 after I have tried nearly every 4.xx version, and after the freshmeat guy has changed the layout. I just need to load a freshmeat file from disk, without any network connection, and netscape4 hangs (it works most of the time when I have the image autoload feature turned on, which I don't do very often)
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