On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 6:51:20 PM UTC+2, San wrote: > > Sebastian wrote: > >> Note that hanging is not the same as crashing. > > > I think I understand the distinction you're making but I'm not sure... is > "hang" synonymous with "freeze", and "crash" synonymous with "sudden > unexpected quit"? >
Yes, with "hang" I meant "freeze" or clearer "does not react to user input". "Crash" means "sudden unexpected quit". A crash normally this brings up the Mozilla Crash Reporter dialog as mentioned earlier. Also, what if a program (Firefox or whatever) freezes and either does, or > does not, still allow itself to be force-quit via the OS (i.e. has the OS > itself locked up?)... or even without force-quitting, still allows other > programs to be brought to the foreground and used? Are there different > terms for those different kinds of misfortunes? > I'm not a native English speaker, though if a program doesn't react to user input but can still be force-quit via the OS I'd still say it "is freezed" or "hangs". I'm not aware of different terms for that in English. Sebastian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/firebug/ae9f06f0-4551-4412-b324-99a8aaa92441%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
