Pann McCuaig wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 16:17, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > You might not be using Netscape extensively enough to trigger the bugs. > > > > Maybe usage pattern differences are something to explore. > > > > Do you (and others): > > - - have Java enabled? > Yup. > > - - have Javascript enabled? > Yup. > > - - typically open just one or two windows or open many? > One or two, sometimes as many as four. > > - - have just a few bookmarks or a big, messy pile (like, say, 2000 of them) > > you'll never quite get sorted? > Not 2000, maybe 100. > > - - open a lot of windows using "open in new window" (middle mouse button)? > Nope. > > > Please check this one for me (I don't see how this can be anything other > > than a Netscape bug, but if it is something else, I'd like to know): > > > > On any Unix (X11) version of Communicator: > Alas, I use only Navigator, not the whole Communicator package. > > - - open the bookmarks window > > - - click on a bookmark to select it > > - - open the bookmark properties window (via the right-click menu) > > - - leaving the bookmark properties window open, > > - - click on a separator in the bookmarks window > > - - click on some other bookmark window entry > > > > Does Communicator crash with a bus error?? > Nope, works just fine -- I can click until I'm blue in the face and > Netscape (Navigator) just keeps on truckin'. > > I'm not suggesting that Netscape is bug free, but it sounds to me like > you're on a mission to stress test it to failure. Why 2000 bookmarks for > heaven's sake? How many Netscape windows is it useful to have open at > once? > > Other things I'd look at: What window manager are you using? Does > Netscape give you fits under several different window managers? What > other tasks are running? What does top tell you about your resources? > Etc., etc.
I use Communicator, not just Navigator; perhaps that's the clue. The test that Daniel suggested crashed my Netscape. I've tried running with and without Java/Javascript. I can expect Netscape to crash at least once every time I sit down at the computer (two or three times a day for 1 to 3 hours a day). Come to think of it; this is on my home machine. My office machine doesn't have Netscape crashes near as often. Hmmm.
