Gmail in Mozilla on OS9.2 is starting to freeze up on me.

November 18, 2004 9:07 PM

DoNotMockMeGMailViaMozillaViaOS9.2MacQuestion: It's started freezing up on me, Is there any hope, other than getting a G5 IMac?
posted by ParisParamus to Computers & Internet (13 answers total)

Sure, get a G4 eMac. Seriously, OS 9 is a dead end. I've been on OS X since the bad old beta days and cannot fathom going back. OS X is a delight. Besides, have you been to an Apple retail store? It's unreal, GDHs* abound!


(*Graphic Design Hotties)
posted by Scoo at 9:51 PM on November 18, 2004

According to the Apple Support forum, GMail doesn't play very well with Mozilla.
Netscape 7.02 for OS 9.x appears to fare better, however.
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:16 AM on November 19, 2004

Sorry. Here's the link: http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@204.M2ACa8mRBYX.1@.689c9d48/0
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:18 AM on November 19, 2004

Response by poster: Yes, I am saving up for a new computer--and, perhaps a 0% interest credit card to hasten the process.

Mozilla works fine; it's something on the GMail site, that's the problem. Oh...whatever, off to the hotties!
posted by ParisParamus at 3:26 AM on November 19, 2004

Oh, and sometimes Apple does the No Payments No Interest for three months deal, so be on the lookout for that.
posted by Scoo at 4:03 AM on November 19, 2004

Paris, are you using an old build from the Moz site, or WaMCom?
posted by britain at 4:52 AM on November 19, 2004

Response by poster: britain, what is WaMCom? Ther version I have came from the Mozilla.org site; re-downloaded it, probably early this year.
posted by ParisParamus at 5:30 AM on November 19, 2004

I could never get GMail to cooperate with Mozilla on OS9 or OSX, but Firefox works a treat. Do you have FF? Is there FF for OS9? Hmm.
posted by Dreama at 7:04 AM on November 19, 2004

Response by poster: The WaMCom version, at least on the first try, exhibited the same problem: mac freezes when I try to reply to an e-mail...
posted by ParisParamus at 7:22 AM on November 19, 2004

must be an OS9 thing, 'cause gmail has worked fine for me on mozilla windows for as long as i've had an account. never tried pulling the gmail site up on OSX. unfortunately i doubt many moz developers are busy hunting down OS9 bugs.

i doubt that there is any firefox release for OS9, for the same reason - the number of OS9 users is too low right now for mozilla foundation to really work hard at making a version that works there.
posted by caution live frogs at 10:23 AM on November 19, 2004

gMail makes massive use of a javascript function called
xmlhttprequest.
The log-in function uses it (I believe) and so this is why you can't even log-in from some browsers. If you can log-in, I would GUESS you would have no problem with other features, as well.

Not all browsers can grok the xmlhttprequest javascript funtion, and probably NO OS9 browser can. (Can't say for sure).

Anybody care to confirm my hypothesis?
And yes... bite the bullet and get thyself to OS X. It rocks.
posted by spock at 11:03 AM on November 19, 2004

Response by poster: My point is/was, it was working last week!
posted by ParisParamus at 11:03 AM on November 19, 2004

With anything involving a web browser, the first thing to try is clearing the browser's cache. This is mentioned multiple times in gMail's help documents, but don't know if it relates to your specific problem.
posted by spock at 6:28 AM on December 2, 2004