[plug] Linux.Conf.Au Update.

[Bret Busby]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> 
> > One of the more common crashes, occurs when I use Netscape, and the 
> > Internet connection is lost (we are on 4hr minimum dialup - it is not 
> > worth going into another discussion about the advantages of ADSL, here). 
> > When that happens, Netscape spits the dummy, and says "If I can't use 
> > the Internet, you can't use XWindows". The hanging is not always 
> 
> All I can say is Damm strange.  what version of RedHat and netscape?
> 

RH 7.3, Netscape 4.79.

It also happened with RH 6.2 and Netscape 4.61 (which was the latest 
version of Netscape, that I found to be most stable).

I would probably have installed NS 4.61 on the RH 7.3 box, but I just 
tend to avoid NS, as much as possible now, and it works for the little 
use to which I now put it. I had tried NS 6, running on RH 6.2, but 
found it to be like trying to cut butter with a jellyfish, after a 
while. Perhaps, I just go beyond what these things can manage.

Oh, and galeon (from memory), and Opera 6.x, allow for switching off of 
that pop-up excrement, so I only allow it for Internet banking, which, 
from memory, I can only do with Opera, now, anyway, due to what the bank 
did, and the Internet banking works with javascript pop-up windows 
(ANZ).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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