From: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: OpenDOS Date: 2 Feb 1997 14:28:27 GMT Organization: GameBoutique Ltd. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5d28ab$ng0@flex.uunet.pipex.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: www.gameboutique.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp > I wrote NS too, and they basically don't give a shit. I got back a > "we really appreciate your comments and suggestions" bullshit yep same here :) i couldn't finish filling the bug report form in tho cos it kept crashing :) > Here is what I've done to almost totally stop NS from crashing. > > 1) Don't use the editor at ALL. > 2) Don't use NS for email, use PINE instead. > 3) Don't use NS for news, use PINE instead. > 4) Don't open more than 1 browser window at a time. > 5) Disable Java and Javascript (yes I've fixed the java problems like > everyone says, however I feel that Java still has trouble.) ah now i have no problem with the editor. i did the following and it seems to work now, at least it hasn't crashed at all in the last 5 days. 1) don't use it for mail or news like you suggest 2) disable java and javascript like you suggest 3) switch the 'number of connections' under the network preference menu down from 4 to 1 and set the buffer to 16k. netscape won't hang or bomb out any more it seems, however sometimes you have to wait for something as you only have one connection now. -- Graham Tootell nikki AT gameboutique DOT com