Dan wrote:
>7450 build, correct? I looked it up before installing every time, to match my processors, so I know I was using the right one. I was using the nightly builds, which are of course more unstable than release builds, but I have been using nightly builds of the G3 version for a loooooong time without a single hiccup. They would actually work fine, until you tried to change anything in the Preferences. Then they would infallibly crash, in both computers. (Oh, I'm forgetting a THIRD computer: a 400Mhz TiBook with a gig of RAM. Same exact thing.) Can't tell you why. After it happened enough times to frustrate the heck outta me, I trashed them and just installed the main version. No bugs whatsoever. My main problem with Safari is that it bugs me, period. There's something smug and Justin Long-ish about it. And I find Firefox much more unassuming and to the point. Gets the job done, no little victory dance in the end, nothing to distract you from the task at hand. All this is of course completely irrational, but what is a guy to do? F On Oct 21, 7:28 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 3:00 PM -0700 10/21/2009, Ashgrove wrote: > > >I have tried several consecutive G4 Firefox builds on my > >Leopard-running eMac (1.25Ghz CPU, 1.5GB RAM) and my Tiger-running > >17" PowerBook (1.67Ghz, 2GB RAM). > > 7450 build, correct? > > >In both computers (and operating systems) they have proven VERY > >unstable and I ended ditching them and installing the main version > >--which runs without a glitch, upgrade after upgrade. > > Can't really tell what's happening without details: Page being > visited, crash logs, plug-ins involved, etc. This is with the > nightly builds vs the release builds or ? > > >The latest Safari is said to be very fast and stable, but I can't > >bring myself to use it for long. > > The coverflow stuff in Safari 4 bugs the heck out of me. Luckily, > you can turn that off. Ditto for the lag visiting sites, as it > checks Google's evil site list - but again, you can turn that off. > > After that, Safari blows the doors off Firefox. > > Of course, all bets are off if you load the browser, any browser, > down with fistfulls of plug-ins. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
