4.5, still crashy

[Jake Robb]

4.5rc1 never crashed for me.  4.5 has done so twice, in fewer days.

I've been submitting crash reports.  Nothing repeatable so far, except for
the thing Karl posted on Sunday (which I'm not counting in my two crashes).

-Jake


Matt wrote:

> Is anybody else horribly depressed with OmniWeb's
> instability? I love the browser to death, but good
> God, I can't even use it any more.
> 
> When I use Safari, I can't believe that I am using an
> Apple product. The interface is ugly, and the browser
> has nothing that separates it from the pack like the
> usual Apple product does. It's clunky; when I am
> opening multiple links via CMD-click, Safari becomes
> unresponsive for a short while. The only reason that I
> use Safari is because it never crashes. I can leave
> Safari open for a week, and it'll still run perfectly.
> 
> When I use OmniWeb, I can't believe that I am using a
> third party product. It's got a beautiful interface
> and the most useful features of any browser in the
> world; it completely spanks Apple's effort. But as I
> am taking in its beauty, the Crash Catcher icon begins
> to bounce in the Dock. The browser, while perfect in
> many regards, is useless because it incessantly
> crashes.
> 
> OmniWeb has been like this for me for a long time and
> on different machines. I had this problem with my G3,
> and now it persists with my G4. It's unbelievably
> frustrating. When I am using OmniWeb, it's absolute
> nirvana, but it lasts for maybe an hour or two.
> 
> I always send in my crash reports because I figure
> that it's the only way that I can help. I'm always
> happy to see new builds with crash fixes, but it seems
> like every crash fix just brings forth a new crasher.
> I can't even understand how this browser progresses
> without stability. Because even with all of the
> fantastic features that OmniWeb provides that Safari
> doesn't, I can't use OmniWeb because it's essentially
> unusable. What is the point of the source editor if it
> crashes before I can save my file?
> 
> So I'm back to Safari, which has only one (but by far
> the most important) feature over OmniWeb: stability. I
> can write this e-mail in Yahoo! Mail without worrying
> about Safari crashing before I send it.
> 
> I'm curious as to what other's feel about this
> situation. I really hope that Omni steps up and makes
> some serious fixes. Hell, I'll pay another $20 just to
> have the browser stable. It's by far the best product
> out there, but until it is even half as stable as
> Safari, it's worthless. And I'm not exaggerating; it's
> not even close to half as stable as Safari.
> 
> - Matt
> 
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