[G4] Problems With Browsers

[Jerry Bunn]

I totally agree.  I've run speed comparison tests on both and Safari 
blows IE away.  And with Block Pop-Up Windows on, I haven't had a 
single Pop-Up window.  Its great!

Jerry

P.S. Whatever happened to Netscape?  lol


On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 10:03  AM, jgvp wrote:

>
> Hi Sharon:
>
> After experiencing enough problems with I.E. 5.2.,  e.g: the web site 
> appearing for a moment and then having to wait for it to reappear, I 
> dispensed with it completely and made Safari my default browser. Never 
> been happier with a browser and can't think why anyone with a Mac 
> would use any other.
>
> On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 08:45  AM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:
>
>> Message-ID: <3F0D87C2.4023669A at earthlink.net>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:35:30 -0700
>> From: Sharon Confer <slconfer at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [G4] Problems With Browsers
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been using IE and AOL for a couple of years with no
>> real problems with either of them.  For the past three weeks
>> or so, every time I try to launch Internet Explorer 5.1 for
>> the Macintosh my computer crashes.  A similar thing is
>> happening when I try to use AOL's browser.  Although I can
>> launch AOL, and sometimes use some of features like keyword
>> without crashing, if I try to use AOL's browser my computer
>> crashes.  I have no problems using Netscape Communicator 4.8
>> and Netscape 7.02.
>>
>> I've run Disk First Aid, Norton Disk Doctor, Disk Warrior
>> and TechTool Pro3, and they all say everything is okay with
>> my computer.  I've also reinstalled the software for AOL and
>> for Internet Explorer but that didn't help either, because I
>> still have problems with both of them crashing my computer.
>> I had virtual memory turned on (it was set to 641 MB), but
>> someone told me it might help if I turned it off.  I turned
>> it off, but unfortunately that didn't help either.
>>
>> The only thing that I can think of that I installed recently
>> was the re-installation of RealPlayer because I was having
>> lots of problems with it.
>>
>> So, I have two questions:
>>
>> 1.  Can anyone tell me what I should do to fix the browser
>> problems.
>> 2.  Should I have virtual memory turned on or turned off?
>>
>> Thanks, Sharon
>
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