Re: Mozilla & OS X 10.1.5

Ian wrote:

> I am a great fan of Mozilla. It is a truly exceptional piece of software 
> and a fantastic example of how great open-source can be. However, there 
> are problems for people running newer versions with older OSs. Mozilla 
> claims to be compatable with all versions of OS X but I get the 
> impression that when bugs are reported (eg #221115 & #223392) developers 
> are unable to reproduce them because they are using Jaguar/Panther. Also 
> there are fewer 10.1.5 users, so there is less chance that a reported 
> bug will be confirmed by some one else. If there are any other 10.1.5 
> users reading this, perhaps we could push our heads together and share 
> our frustrations? Or is there only me? (Actually I've just upgraded to 
> Panther but kept the older OS for testing purposes.)
> 
> The worst example of this 10.1.5 blindness is the release of Mozilla 1.5 
> without a warning. It was known that 1.5 repeatedly crashed under 10.1.5 
> (bugs #213639 & #218936) so why weren't users warned to stay away and 
> use 1.4.1? Anybody downloading 1.5 could be put off Mozilla for life? 
> That would be sad.
> 
> And now that latest test version 1.6a trashes all bookmarks in 10.1.5...
>