Mozilla 1.7 more unstable than 1.6?

[Ed Budd]

Rob Lahaye wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have just upgraded my mozilla install from ports collection to version 
> 1.7.
> 
> Since then, mozilla seems to crash frequently (once a day or so) when
> webbrowsing. When I then revisit the same page it crashed on, there is no
> problem. This makes the error rather unreproducible.
> 
> (Much less frequent I had hangs with Mozilla 1.6, but that seemed to
> be related to difficult webpage designs, which hanged Mozilla each
> time I visited the site; with "hang" I mean, mozilla windows are still
> there, but no reponse to key or mouse input anymore).
> 
> Apparently there's some bugs in 1.7 that accumulate and then crash
> the application; "crash" means here that all mozilla windows simply
> disappear, instantly gone.
> 
> Anybody else experiences this?
> 
> I wonder if it's a mozilla bug or a more freebsd related issue.
> These are my installed ports (related to Mozilla):
>  mozilla-1.7,2
>  jdk-1.4.2p6_4
>  linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.05
>  linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_1
>  linuxpluginwrapper-20040310_2
>  mplayerplug-in-2.66
>  plugger-5.1.2
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Rob.
> 
> 
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I used to have issues with older Mozilla (1.3?) hanging (mouse/cursor 
freezing, etc.) when accessing certain websites. In my case these issues 
disappeared once I disabled "find as you type" in the options.

Did you try a google search describing the phenomenon? That's how I 
eventually got the idea to disable this (mis)feature.

Just a thought...

EB