[8413] in bugtraq
Re: navigator lost (settings)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A Mennucc1)
Wed Nov 4 21:00:46 1998
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 13:11:58 +0100
Reply-To: A Mennucc1 <msm@TONELLI.SNS.IT>
From: A Mennucc1 <msm@TONELLI.SNS.IT>
X-To: Russell Van Tassell <russell@CSCORP.COM>,
Bill Becker <bbecker@ICONN.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9810301204560.2402-100000@loki.cscorp.com>; from
Russell Van Tassell on Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 12:06:39PM -0800
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 12:06:39PM -0800, Russell Van Tassell wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Bill Becker wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 01:05:03 -0500
> > From: Bill Becker <bbecker@ICONN.NET>
> >
> > 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?
> --
> Russell M. Van Tassell Commercial Systems Corp.
hi
I was curious; because the above was sounding strange to me.
I tried both communicator4.05 and communicator4.5b2 , which I have at hand
(english versions on linux2.0).
I found out that
1) there is no such thing as a "save options" button
(by my checking, the options are saved as soon as you hit the OK button
in the preferences frame; you cannot open any new window
while that frame is open)
2) I cannot replicate the problem: settings are correctly saved
in the file and propagated to new windows or already existing ones
3) I have tried this only with communicator4.5b2
0) enable java
1) load something where java is , let it running
2) open the preferences , go to the 'advanced' section, and disable java
3) hit ok
The browser saves the new settings, and it freezes for , like 60seconds:
it doesnt even redraw the window if you iconize/deiconize it.
When it recovers, java is stopped.
a.M
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