[lug] Firefox unresponsive script

[Zan Lynx]

On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 14:56 -0600, Gary Hodges wrote:
> A few weeks ago when accessing my gmail account, attempting to read an 
> email specifically, I was suddenly faced with an unresponsive script 
> error.  I did some googling and came across a fix.
> 
> ----------
> In the ‘Filter’ box, type dom.max_script_run_time. This will narrow the 
> options till only the dom.max_script_run_time option remains. 
> Right-click it and choose Modify. A box pops up. Change the number to 
> something bigger like 20. This is the maximum time a script can run 
> before Firefox considers it ‘unresponsive’.
> ----------
> 
> I used a value of 30 and it worked up until today when it started again. 
>   I've upped that value a few times (currently 200), and while I don't 
> get the error message, I still can't read email messages either.  gmail 
> just hangs until I refresh the page and I'm returned to the page of 
> email messages.  I won't claim an exhaustive search for alternate fixes, 
> but this is the only one I've found.

Maybe try FF 1.5 if you're using 2.0, or 2.0 if you use 1.5.

Try Opera or Konqueror to rule out FF bugs.

It could be a GMail bug.  It isn't like they don't exist. :)

Tell Google about it.  
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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