Brad Spencer <brad@anduin.eldar.org> writes:

> The only two things that I have found that help this is to turn off Java
> completely.  Or to start netscape with the '-synchronous' flag, which
> Netscape seems to support, but doesn't advertise.  Of course, there is a
> performance penalty for doing this.

Yes, I do this with certain frequently-visited sites
(netscape -sync http:...) that hang on me without
displaying a zero-sized window.   The zero-sized window
can happen with or without the -sync flag.

I know this because one site that I visit frequently is
password-protected and has some (mis-)feature which causes
netscape to hang horribly when -sync is not specified.  I
see zero-sized windows often, and for a long time couldn't
distinguish between the "hang" and the "waiting for user input".

        Sean.