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| 2829.1 | I'd rather switch than fight it... | NQOS01::tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::Werner | Still crazy after all these years... | Thu Mar 06 1997 11:16 | 14 |
| Welcome to the world of buggy software. This is a relatively common problem with many of
the releases of the Netscape SW and other "rushed to market in Internet time" SW. I'd
recommend getting a newer release off the Netscape Home Page - but not a Beta release. Or
you could start using the MS Internet Explorer (go get version 3.01 off their Home Page
and then also install the new Security bug fix that is posted on the MS Home Page. IE
doesn't seem to have as many crash-causing bugs right now.
I got so frustrated with this problem, which IMHO is a shared problem between the OS and
the apps, neither of which is completely stable yet, that I moved to Windows NT
Workstation. NT is a much more stable OS and behaves much better in the face of
mis-behaving apps. I now have all of the stuff that I need running on NT, including
Teamlinks V2.7 the AV Tunnel V1.1 and Exchange - works great and almost never crashes.
Norm
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| 2829.2 | Get browsers internally! | PARZVL::ogodhcp-125-128-55.ogo.dec.com::kennedy | nuncam non paratus | Thu Mar 06 1997 14:25 | 7 |
| Don't go the Netscape's home page. For your Digital use version of
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, go thru the IBG
kits distribution server:
http://ibgzko.zko.dec.com/sdk/
They've negotiated licenses for Digital use. Unless their policy has
changed, Netscape only allows free use to educational institutions.
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| 2829.3 | .1 wrapped | SMURF::PBECK | Paul Beck | Thu Mar 06 1997 16:13 | 23 |
| <<< Note 2829.1 by NQOS01::tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::Werner "Still crazy after all these years..." >>>
-< I'd rather switch than fight it... >-
Welcome to the world of buggy software. This is a relatively common
problem with many of the releases of the Netscape SW and other
"rushed to market in Internet time" SW. I'd recommend getting a
newer release off the Netscape Home Page - but not a Beta release.
Or you could start using the MS Internet Explorer (go get version
3.01 off their Home Page and then also install the new Security bug
fix that is posted on the MS Home Page. IE doesn't seem to have as
many crash-causing bugs right now.
I got so frustrated with this problem, which IMHO is a shared
problem between the OS and the apps, neither of which is completely
stable yet, that I moved to Windows NT Workstation. NT is a much
more stable OS and behaves much better in the face of mis-behaving
apps. I now have all of the stuff that I need running on NT,
including Teamlinks V2.7 the AV Tunnel V1.1 and Exchange - works
great and almost never crashes.
Norm
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| 2829.4 | | CANING::MTEAM | | Sat Mar 08 1997 17:34 | 13 |
|
I got so frustrated with this problem, which IMHO is a shared
problem between the OS and the apps, neither of which is completely
stable yet, that I moved to Windows NT Workstation. NT is a much
more stable OS and behaves much better in the face of mis-behaving
apps. I now have all of the stuff that I need running on NT,
>> Most of time this is true.. however the newest version of Netscape
crashes quite frequently on my NT4.0 system. I guess that is why they
call it a "beta"
Jim
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