[8371] in bugtraq
Re: navigator lost (settings)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Van Tassell)
Tue Nov 3 16:24:07 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:06:39 -0800
Reply-To: Russell Van Tassell <russell@CSCORP.COM>
From: Russell Van Tassell <russell@CSCORP.COM>
X-To: Bill Becker <bbecker@ICONN.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981027002512.27110A-100000@mailhost.iconn.net>
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Bill Becker wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 01:05:03 -0500
> From: Bill Becker <bbecker@ICONN.NET>
> To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
> Subject: navigator lost (settings)
>
> I "upgraded' navigator from vers 4.05 to vers 4.07 on a Linux 2.0.x
> system. The exact navigator i downloaded was:
> navigator-v407-us.x86-unknown-linux2.0_libc5.tar.gz
>
> I set the 'advanced' settings, turning off java, javascript,
> stylesheets, autoinstall, and send-email-address-as-passwd. I also set
> 'do not accept or send cookies'.
>
> Then, while browsing i opened a new browser window by selecting "Navigator
> Window" from the file menu and it looked as if javascript had started
> working in the new window.
>
> [...]
Did you try hitting the "save options" line before opening the new
window? Yes, I agree it should probably just be transparent in a single
session, but...
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