[ale] Netscape 6 for Linux

[Wandered Inn]

Stuffed Crust wrote:

> You do realize that Linux treats threads as processes?  Those four
> mozilla-bin threads are all sharing the same memory space.

I do now. :)


> > I'd say that the memory impact is still substantial and unacceptable.
> 
> It takes up about eight more megs (+25%) in your case.

My bad, I plaining mis-read the free output.

> 
> In return, I get a browser that's far more stable, flexible, and generally
> better.  If nothing else, Mozilla's cookie handling is schweeeet.

Well, I've not had much experience with this latest 'nightly' build, so
I can't speak to it's stability.  Previous experiences, the last with
M18, demonstrated that Mozilla was no where near as stable as netscape
4.7*.  YMMV.  I used Netscape pretty extensively on two machines and
it's a rare occasion that it crashes.  Stall while loading a page and
eat up 99% of my cpu yes, but never really crashes.  The stall issue is
not that often either.

When I first installed the 'new' netscape 6, it attempted to load my
default home page which is a local file that contains a javascript that
creates/loads two more windows.  When the second window opened, netscape
6 went away.  I've had a number of experiences where Mozilla did the
same thing, various builds from M9-M18.

I'm going to give the latest nightly a spin and see how I fair.

Thanks for highlighting my incorrect assumptions.

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