Re: Gah... How usable is www/firefox on NetBSD?

[edgar%pettijohn-web.com@localhost]

On May 1, 2018 11:09 AM, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 01.05.2018 17:59, Mayuresh wrote:
> > Not able to browse continuously even for a minute without facing "Gah.
> > Your tab just crashed." in www/firefox (59).
> > 
> > Can't even login to gmail, nothing happens on clicking "Next" on entering
> > email id.
> > 
> > Is it just NetBSD or firefox 59? Or is it just me?!
> > 
> > I switched back to using NetBSD after 8.0 RC1 was available. Wasn't using
> > NetBSD for quite a while due to USB problems with my hardware that NetBSD
> > wasn't handling before. While all my issues seem to be resolved by 8.0
> > RC1, I was then greeted with an unusable browser.
> > 
> > Curious how other users who (have to) use a web browser with javascript on
> > NetBSD are coping with this. Any other browser or older firefox or 59 is
> > just alright for you?
> > 
> > Mayuresh
> > 
>
> This was an occasional problem in the past. Nowadays it's crashing all
> the time and the only known workaround to me is to keep restarting the
> browser.
>

I just upgraded to 8.0 and haven't experienced your problem. It does drop core upon each initial startup, but then it's fine afterwards.