We have experienced some "problems" with the later versions of netscape.
Java (and javascript) has a tendency to grab what it can of CPU time
and let other processes stall.
Java can be globally disabled by removing the file called moz2_0.zip
from where netscape expects to find it (typically /usr/local/lib/netscape).
The impact of javascript can
be ameliorated by e.g. letting /usr/local/bin/netscape be a script
that starts the binary in a very low priority.
The app-defaults file doesn't provide an option to disable neither
Java nor Javascript.
This isn't too bad, but I would really like an elegant way to disable
anything that looks like java without having netscape run on low priority.
I guess Netscape could answer this question, but do they have any interests
in doing so?
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Bjørn Braathen
University of Tromsø
Norway
Received on Tue Mar 12 1996 - 10:46:04 NZDT