Navigator 4.04 bombs Mac O/S

[Harry M. Kriz]

We received some questions about our ILL home page (http://www.ill.vt.edu)
causing Mac O/S system crashes or browser crashes when you double-click a
link on our Web pages.

After testing with our pages and other framesets, we have determined the
following:

1.) Navigator 4.04 under Mac O/S 7.6.1 will shut down if you double-click a
link on a page displayed in a frame.

2.) Navigator 4.04 will bomb Mac O/S 7.5.5 under these conditions,
requiring a system reboot, though this may not happen every time you
double-click.


Navigator does not exhibit this behavior under Windows NT.

Of course, double-clicking isn't required on Web links, but lots of people
seem to do it.

Can some others verify this behavior, or point us to framesets where this
does not occur?

--Harry


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