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Just to let you all know, about 4 months ago I downloaded and tried the
Communicator beta... after a FOREVER download, because the thing is
HUGE, I loaded it and it crashed within 15 seconds of using it.  I tried
again and it crashed again with some other strange reason.

So I deleted it.

Yesterday I downloaded the latest and greatest version... tried it and
it also crashed immediately and strangely (differently).

So I deleted it.

My advice is to not even bother with it.  Netscape Navigator 3.0 works
fine, 3.01 works fine, 3.01 gold works fine.  In fact, I have been using
them pretty hard (and remotely) for quite a while now, and I am
impressed with the stability.

I wish Netscape would drop Communicator and work on the Navigator line.
Well, I am allowed a LITTLE "wishful thinking", aren't I?  :)
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Mark A. Davis schrieb:

Quote:> Just to let you all know, about 4 months ago I downloaded and tried
> the
> Communicator beta... after a FOREVER download, because the thing is
> HUGE, I loaded it and it crashed within 15 seconds of using it.  I
> tried
> again and it crashed again with some other strange reason.

> So I deleted it.

> Yesterday I downloaded the latest and greatest version... tried it and

> it also crashed immediately and strangely (differently).

> So I deleted it.

> My advice is to not even bother with it.  Netscape Navigator 3.0 works

> fine, 3.01 works fine, 3.01 gold works fine.  In fact, I have been
> using
> them pretty hard (and remotely) for quite a while now, and I am
> impressed with the stability.

> I wish Netscape would drop Communicator and work on the Navigator
> line.
> Well, I am allowed a LITTLE "wishful thinking", aren't I?  :)

v/r
Shane

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Running 5.0.4 I found that Commuicator 4.0 beta 6 is pretty stable but
when I downloaded 4.01 beta 6 it just went belly up on first boot.

        Donald

Quote:> Communicator works fine for
> me

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Quote:>Just to let you all know, about 4 months ago I downloaded and tried the
>Communicator beta... after a FOREVER download, because the thing is
>HUGE, I loaded it and it crashed within 15 seconds of using it.  I tried
>again and it crashed again with some other strange reason.

I've tried the tried the 2,3,4,5 beta releases.  The 5 was the
worst of the lot.

After a 5 minute download (T1's are *ive and I got to
netscape when their servers weren't busy - usually UT in Austin
is fastest for me.)  - a few minutes to install - I then brought
it up.   In the next day I had it totally exit - instantly gone -
at least 3 times - and once it crashed the machine.   Back to 3.01
with no problems.  Comminicator is not yet ready for prime time.

The 3.0x works fine on all platforms upon which I've used it.
That's Win31, 95, NT, SCO, SGI, Sun and Unixware.

Quote:>So I deleted it.

Quote:>My advice is to not even bother with it.  Netscape Navigator 3.0 works
>fine, 3.01 works fine, 3.01 gold works fine.  In fact, I have been using
>them pretty hard (and remotely) for quite a while now, and I am
>impressed with the stability.

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|> Running 5.0.4 I found that Commuicator 4.0 beta 6 is pretty stable but
|> when I downloaded 4.01 beta 6 it just went belly up on first boot.
|>
|>   Donald
|>

|>
|> > I just tried Communicator 4.0 beta5 for SCO OpenServer 5.0.2.  It
|> > installed and ran the Navigator and "Group" stuff fine.  However,
|> > when I tried the editor, it crashed and core dumped.  Other than
|> > that...it seems fine.  Though, I've only run it for about 3 hours
|> > so far...!  ;-)
|> >
|> > v/r
|> > Shane
|>

Hi

NC crashes here as well, I've found a site that crashes it every time. When I
first installied it, I looked at netscape for some suitable test pages, and one
of them http://www.onsale.com crashes NC4 every time. I think it's a memory
problem though, I've only got 16Mb here, and the rumour is that 64Mb is the
recommended minimum (can someone else confirm that ??)

BTW I've tried NC4 on SCO 5.0.2 and UnixWare 2.1.2, same problem

Dom
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Quote:> (T1's are *ive

Quote:> and I got to
> netscape when their servers weren't busy - usually UT in Austin
> is fastest for me.)  - a few minutes to install - I then brought
> it up.   In the next day I had it totally exit - instantly gone -
> at least 3 times - and once it crashed the machine.   Back to 3.01
> with no problems.  Comminicator is not yet ready for prime time.

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Quote:> Hi

> NC crashes here as well, I've found a site that crashes it every time. When I
> first installied it, I looked at netscape for some suitable test pages, and one
> of them http://www.onsale.com crashes NC4 every time. I think it's a memory
> problem though, I've only got 16Mb here, and the rumour is that 64Mb is the
> recommended minimum (can someone else confirm that ??)

> BTW I've tried NC4 on SCO 5.0.2 and UnixWare 2.1.2, same problem

_Adam

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