Bamm Gabriana wrote: > Here is Kryptolus' reply, in case you still haven't seen it. > > [begin quote] > There are problems associated with only certain series of CPUs or maybe > certain series of drivers supplied for a certain printer. You never > know. That way it is possible to see if people with CPU X have a > tendency to have more problems and people with CPU Y have a tendency to > have another problem. etc. > > If you have ever used bugzilla, you will find that the talkbacks are > good contributors. If 10 people are crashing, it can be used to find a > common factor of those 10 people using various data. > > But the most important point is that it's optional. > If you don't want to use it, don't! > [end quote]
Already answered to at 00:52 16 March 2002 CET. > > Let me add, if a crash happened while you were printing, then > the kind of printer you have is important in analyzing the crash. > I agree with you, fully. If the crash was due to a printer, that information should be sent as "talkback". No other information is though necessary to send, just the information needed to check a specific problem. If a print crashes the only necessary information to be sent is the type of printer and what is was doing at the particular moment it crashed. No more, no less. > Even if you were not printing, it is possible for Mozilla to have > a conflict with some kinds of printer drivers, causing crashes > even when you aren't doing anything. If there are crashes without "doing anything" then any software itself has a major problem and should be withdrawn and checked, and re-checked, for the cause. > > Of course, not only the printer is relevant, but the rest of your > hardware as well. Why? What information does my computer name carry that may have an influence to a printer crash? I accept that a printer crash could be contributed a particular brand of printer and its driver, but I can not accept that a computer name, assigned by me, may have caused a crash. If it has significance then I would appreciate a list of accepted computer names/designations to avoid future crashes. > > These information help developers know which environments > cause frequent crashing and help them solve it. > Again, I agree. But only information that caused the crash should be relayed back. > Personally, I am willing to send my hardware information just > so developers can fix things up for my kind of hardware. > It's your choise, as it's mine not to send personal information, which I regard not be relevant information for a particular event. > Other people are not willing, they might as well not use the > beta versions of Mozilla if they aren't willing to help. Better > wait for 1.0 and use it as an end user. > Will 1.0 be officially released as a "Mozilla 1.0" and in competition with Explorer and Netscape 4.7x or 6.x? > "Binaries are released for testing purposes only." > > -- jukola
