OW 5.1 Final Released

[Quentin Smith]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Ken Case wrote:

> (Also, most of our users don't seem to encounter this problem.  I know 
> that I use Workspaces a _lot_ and I've never lost one.)

Hi-

You can add me to the list of users with this problem.

> 
> This is our highest priority bug, however, and I'd love to collect more 
> information so we can solve it.
> 
> > As intermittent as it is, I can see how it would be quite difficult to 
> > diagnose and debug, but nonetheless, it is a show-stopper for me.
> 
> It would be for me, too!  I contacted Piers yesterday to collect more 
> information from him, but any information you could send me would be 
> great, too.
> 
> What I most need to know is when the workspace information is lost:  in 
> particular, is it lost when writing the file, or when reading it?  (On 
> quit, or on launch?)  In an ideal world, I'd like a look at the 
> workspace file just before it gets corrupt and just after, and exactly 
> what happened between those states.

The problem I have is that sometimes my workspace isn't saved on quit, 
even though I have the Auto-save checkbox turned on. The symptom is that 
the workspace is blank when I restart the browser. I find that it occurs 
often when I use the Quit menu item, but almost never when I'm restarting 
the browser after a crash. I have not checked whether the workspace is 
being written to the disk or not. I have found one way that almost always 
seems to cause a blank workspace to appear on launch:

1. Take a snapshot of the workspace with command-control-T.
2. Immediately quit the program with command-Q.

If I do anything to the workspace in between the two steps, such as 
opening a new tab or navigating a page, I don't have problems.

--Quentin

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