Daniel Barclay wrote: > I think I have determined that the bookmark-rearranging crashes are a > hard (non-intermittent) bug in Netscape's code: > > It can't seem to handle updating the Bookmarks Properties window if you click > on any Bookmarks window line after dragging a separator. > > A GGG H H ! > A A G G H H ! > A A G HHHHH ! > AAAAA G GG H H ! > A A G G H H > A A GGG H H ! > > How many THOUSANDS of times has Netscape crashed on me because of this? > How many HOURS of work (trying to rearrange bookmarks) has this destroyed? > How much frustration has this caused? > > (Well no, it doesn't explain the Java-related crashes, the plain hanging > (where it doesn't service expose events), the taking over the keyboard and > mouse, the corruption of the bookmarks file if a bookmark contains just > the wrong combination of characters (I sure wish I knew whose web-page > title caused it), and all the other crap, but could it be, maybe, just > MAYBE, that I have found the bug that has caused me SO MUCH aggravation > the last couple of years? > > I bet I'm the only one who has encountered the problem because I'm > such a pack rat with my bookmarks. I bookmark all sorts of things > when I'm looking around, and then later I go back and sort out the > mess. I edit the bookmark names, create a lot of folders and separators, > and drag a lot of things around.
> The key is the editing step. When I open the Bookmarks Properties > window, I leave it open to make it easier to edit the next bookmark. > I bet Netscape's testers (no, I don't _know_ that they have any, but > I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt) and the rest of you don't edit > bookmarks that way. > > So, to verify that this is a specific Netscape problem (vs. a local > problem caused by my local configuration or by the exact state of > my bookmarks file or something), could some of you try the following > on your various versions of Netscape (Communicator) and see if you get > any crashes? > Yup! It crashes every time. It's definitely not just a local problem, but it takes a fairly elaborate sequence to get to the bug so maybe you were the only one affected :-) John > > ** Be sure to exit and start fresh so that if it crashes you won't lose > any recently changed information (like bookmark edits). *** > > - start Netscape Communicator > > - open up the bookmarks window > > - select (click on) a regular bookmark and open the Bookmark Properties > window > > - leaving the Bookmark Properties window open, drag a separator to move > it up or down > > - click on any (other?) Bookmarks window line (whether bookmark, folder, > or separator) > - this is where it crashes for me > > Recently, I've gotten crashes on: > - Debianized version 4.07 > - plain version 4.08, with LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libgnumalloc.so > - plain version 4.61, with LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libgnumalloc.so > - Debianized version 4.5 (I think) > > I'm on what I think is a pretty vanilla slink system (upgraded from > hamm). > > Also, could those of you with access to Netscape on non-Linux Unix > systems try it too, to confirm that the problem is in Netscape > (vs. peculiar to Linux)? > > Thanks. > > So, how do I report this bug to Netscape? Ever since they put up > that stupid Netscape Netcenter, it's been virtually impossible to > find product information (such as a bug-reporting address). > > Daniel, exhausted > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Powered by the Penguin
