Subject: Re: OFFTOPIC? Netscape stability
To: Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. <drk@shore.net>
From: Casey Bisson <cbisson@oz.plymouth.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/29/1998 11:32:26
I've found that the PPP dialer seems to have a great effect on the stability o
netscape, and at work where IP is piped over ethernet, it's solid.

Go figure.

Casey Bisson
Information Technology
Plymouth State College


Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:

> >>> 4.0.x Crashes consistantly and refuses to run on my Q610 if I have _any_
> >>> other apps open.
> >>
> >>That's curious.  I've found Communicator to be infinitely more stable than
> >>3.x (almost no crashes except in the MkLinux version).  But then, I'm
> >>using System 7.5.5 on a PM7100.  What version of MacOS are you using?
> >>
> >>
> >>David
> >
> >MacOS 8.1 on my Q610.  On the 7200 I had at my old job, 4.0.4 of Netscape
> >was a Rock Solid performer, it is just crappy on my 040..
> >-Greg
>
> My son and I have had opposite experiences - he uses a 9500 and found 3.x
> to be good and 4.x to be much better as far as syability is concerned. I
> use a Q950 and found 3.x unusable - it would ALWAYS crash just as I found
> what I was looking for. It could not do searches at all! 4.x was much
> better, but still exasperating - I would give it 30 megs and it would still
> crash occasionally. In both cases it would sometimes crash AFTER I had
> closed Netscape, so it must have screwed up system memory somehow. I got in
> the habit of rebooting whenever I was through with it.
>
> I switched to the latest Internet Explorer some months ago, and haven't had
> a crash with it since!
>
> Dan Killoran
>
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