Asa Dotzler wrote:
> Al Smith wrote:
>
>> This has happened in Mozilla milestones, and just today I noticed it
>> in Netscape 6.1. Somehow JavaScript is turning itself on for Main and
>> News. Does anyone know why this is happening?
>>
>> When I download a new milestone or nightly of Mozilla, everything is
>> already turned on after install -- Java, JavaScript, Cookies, and so
>> on. I always turn everything off. But later, when I happen to look in
>> my menus, sometimes JavaScript for Mail and News is turned back on.
>> This is driving me crazy. I'm afraid to use Mozilla or Netscape 6.1
>> for reading newsgroups because of this weirdness. (Parenthetically, no
>> one should have JavaScript for Mail and News turned on, ever. It
>> shouldn't even *exist* as an option. It's dangerous.)
>>
>
> Don't share a profile between Netscape releases and Mozilla nightly or
> Milestone builds. It's just not a good idea. To fix your problem for
> Mozilla create a new profile and you shouldn't have any problems. I
> imagine the same would work for Netscape too.
>
> --Asa
>
If this is known and reproducible, it's a very dangerous problem indeed
as I can imagine many people using (trying) Mozilla and Netscape6.
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Håkan Waara ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
