> > > > 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.
> 
> I am current as of today 4.0, I have communicator 4.5 downloaded some time
> ago (November more or less) directly from netscape and installed in
> /usr/local/netscape with a link to /usr/local/bin/netscape and I have been
> using it all day with no problems.  My intranet if full of java and haven't
> had a problem, knock on wood:-) I just downloaded a 9M file after reading
> your mail to see if that would cause a problem and it didn't.  Netscape is
> "as stable as ever" on FreeBSD Current 4.0 for me.  That bothers me:-) I
> wonder why?

I'm running 2.2-stable, so maybe that's a difference.


Nate

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