Al Smith wrote:
> This has happened in Mozilla milestones, and just today I noticed it in
> Netscape 6.1. Somehow JavaScript is turning itself on for Main and News.
> Does anyone know why this is happening?
>
> When I download a new milestone or nightly of Mozilla, everything is
> already turned on after install -- Java, JavaScript, Cookies, and so on.
> I always turn everything off. But later, when I happen to look in my
> menus, sometimes JavaScript for Mail and News is turned back on. This is
> driving me crazy. I'm afraid to use Mozilla or Netscape 6.1 for reading
> newsgroups because of this weirdness. (Parenthetically, no one should
> have JavaScript for Mail and News turned on, ever. It shouldn't even
> *exist* as an option. It's dangerous.)
>
Don't share a profile between Netscape releases and Mozilla nightly or
Milestone builds. It's just not a good idea. To fix your problem for
Mozilla create a new profile and you shouldn't have any problems. I
imagine the same would work for Netscape too.
--Asa
