I notice such behavior occasionally when the page contains RealMedia files...especially with http://www.weather.com.
> ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:01:46 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug Riddle <doug_riddle at yahoo.com> > Subject: [brlug-general] Mozilla Firefox (Windows Version) Java Crash > Oddity > To: General at brlug.net > Message-ID: <20051014180146.10782.qmail at web32714.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have noticed something since I upgraded to 1.07. > Sometimes when I open a page with a java application > Mozilla crashes and closes. Not all the time though. > For instance, at lunch I sometimes work the crossword > at 2theadvocate. Wednesday, it crashed. I reopened > Firebird and tried it again, and it worked with nary a > problem. > > Yesterday it crashed and would not open that page > without crashing for love nor money. Today, it opened > it without complaint. Another paper uses the same > puzzle and it hasn't given me a problem ever. > > Today I was looking at an interactive jave widget on > the USGS site and it crashed again. I hadn't > bookmarked the thing, so I'd have to find it to post > the link and it wasn't that entertaining. > > Has anyone else noticed this? I saw it mentioned in > bugzilla, but it doesn't look like it has been checked > by the staff. > > A better question, has anyone noticed this and figured > out why is an inconsistant error or how to keep it > fromcrashing? > > Firebird version: > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; > rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 > > I am running Windows XP, version 2002, service pack 2, > and Office 2003 with service pack 2. > > > > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." > - Ambrose Bierce
