--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Net Llama wrote: > > I've been an advid Mozilla fan since something like BUILD 15. I've > made > > Mozilla my primary browser since about release 0.8, and i've seen > some > > fairly impressive progress, up until recently. > > I'm typing this on 0.9.7 (the latest stable release) and i've > noticed > > that since 0.9.6 mozilla seems to have become more buggy & unstable. > > > Over the past month, Mozilla locks up on me *alot*, and segfaults > > (Netscape style) almost daily. The lock ups used to be a seldom > > occurance, perhaps once a week, if that. The segfaults *never* > happened > > to me, and now its almost expected. My web surfing habits haven't > > changed. > > > > Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed this trend as of late? > > > > > Seems to be a common thread to some recent newsgroups postings, at > least > WRT 0.9.7. So I don't think you're the only one. > I've been having good luck with the Nightly builds, though (W2K at > work). One would think the milestone releases would be MORE stable. > However, IIRC, I needed to re-create my profile not too long ago. Just
Recreate it because mozilla wouldn't run, or just for the hell of it? I've done that long ago, when Mozilla had some compatibility versions between versions, and a new profile was needed every time. Ugh, was that a pain in the ass. I spent close to an hour copy things back & forth trying to find the right combination. > backup your mail files and bookmarks.html file and you can just copy > them into your new profile. > You could also try changing your chrome. Occasionally that fixes Errr...changing the chrome? Do you mean the Modern/Classic thing? > things. > But, that being said, I suspect that upcoming milestones (0.9.8, > 0.9.9, > 0.9.10) should reverse the seeming destablization trend. That would be nice. > The Galeon recomendation is probly a good one. I haven't tried it > myself, but I've yet to read anything bad about it. I dunno. I tried Galeon about 6 months ago, and i absolutely hated it. Ugliest app i ever used. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
