Netscape woes. Re: purging memory

2001-10-19 Thread Gregg Eshelman
The problem I'm having with Netscape 4.78 on a Mac right now is that it will not react to clicking on ftp:// links nor will it download files or go into directories on FTP sites. I can hold the button until I get the menu and select download or for directories I can open in a new window. I

Re: purging memory

2001-10-19 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Hi, Marten: I have been experiencing terrible crashes with Netscape 4.7 for the last few days, and now I'm having trouble it stay open for more than about 10 seconds on startup. I'm worried that I'll lose my email, addresses, and bookmarks in switching to another setup. Can I just import them

Re: Netscape woes. Re: purging memory

2001-10-19 Thread Marten van de Kraats
The problem I'm having with Netscape 4.78 on a Mac right now is that it will not react to clicking on ftp:// links nor will it download files or go into directories on FTP sites. I can hold the button until I get the menu and select download or for directories I can open in a new window. I

Re: Netscape woes. Re: purging memory

2001-10-19 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't bother about Netscape 6.x. It is based on an older mozilla build. I don't know what you find so irritating about the user interface. It must be some time ago that you last tried Netscape/Mozilla. The only irritating feature

Re: purging memory

2001-10-17 Thread Marten van de Kraats
rebooting 3 times a day? Maybe in the times of system 7.x, but I remember things getting much better starting with mac os 8 and further As long as you can avoid running system 7.x you'll be pretty fine... One thing I've noticed with some programs - particularly Netscape - is that

Re: purging memory

2001-10-17 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- JAG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has been THE biggest problem with the Mac OS since day 1 - a memory leak. You have to quit the apps in the order they were launched and even THAT doesn't guarantee that you'll get your memory back. That's also why the Mac crashes so often. Thankfully