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Is Firefox 1.0 Less Stable than Firefox PR1.0?

Posted by Cliff on from the software-regression dept.

An anonymous reader wonders: "I had Firefox 1.0PR running smoothly on three different machines and it hardly ever crashed. After upgrading to 1.0, I seem to have at least one annoying crash a day. On one of the machines, using the 'self update' feature caused Firefox to crash in middle of the upgrade and left it in a completely unusable state. Eventually, I had to uninstall it and resort to using IE to download the full installer, again. Is it just me, or are other heavy Firefox users noticing this sort of behavior?"

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  1. Ask Slashdot:Is Windows XP less stable than Win2K? by oddman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I had Windows 2000 running smoothly on three different machines and it hardly ever crashed. After upgrading to Windows XP, I seem to have at least one annoying crash a day. Is it just me, or are other heavy Windows users noticing this sort of behavior?

  2. Re:Basic Human Nature by Class+Act+Dynamo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think all computers should have at least two nipples, if not more.

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    My other computer is a Jacquard loom.
  3. Re:/. is not tech support by thdexter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How's Amnesty International causing deaths?

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    I'm on a road shaped like a figure eight; I'm going nowhere but I'm guaranteed to be late.
  4. Evil Dictators by lighting · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How's Amnesty International causing deaths?

    By being hated by human rights violators everywhere... including the one who WON'T let them into the country the deaths are happening in. It's similar to how Greenpeace is destroying our envrionment by sinking illegal whaling ships before the whalers can get a their fill of endangered animals and the EFF is destroying scientific progress by opposing microchips in humans because of the possible draconian uses. ~lighting

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    /bin/sh: command not found

    1. Re:Evil Dictators by mekanizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The good things come at a price. It's a matter of what matters the most. All these organisms are doing what they think is right, and I think they are right.

    2. Re:Evil Dictators by bob+beta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The good things come at a price.

      And it's nice to be an expert who can speak at a few human right 'panels' and/or the guy who gets a free tote-bag for donating to A.I..

      Sucks to be 'on the ground' when the shit has been spun up into the air.

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      "What's the frequency Kenneth?"
  5. Please Help Me With My Modem by nathanh · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I cannot get my modem to work. Please help! Linux is broken. I need a Slashdot frontpage story too.

    Sheesh.