2008 1

Firefox 3 Beta 5 crashes

I just upgraded from Firefox 3 Beta 4 to Beta 5. It’s amazing how unstable Beta 5 is compared to the earlier version. Gmail crashes. Google maps crashes. Almost every other site I visit crashes. And looks like I’m not alone: doing a Google search for “Firefox 3 beta x crash” shows a consistently increasing number of results. ![Number of Google search results for Firefox 3 Beta crashes, by Beta version](https://quickchart.io/chart?cht=bvs&chs=300x200&chd=t:12300,17200,24400,48700,151000&chds=0,150000&chtt="Firefox 3 Beta x crashes": Google results&chco=dbdbff&chg=20,33,1,5&chbh=40,10,10&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|Beta 1|Beta 2|Beta 3|Beta 4|Beta 5|1:|0|50,000|100,000|150,000) ...

2002 1

Famous software glitches

Speaking of bugs, here are some famous software glitches – right from the Patriot missiles misfiring to the London Millenium bridge wobbling. Some links are broken, though. (More glitches and links)

2001 2

Trillian

I tried Trillian, and she nearly destroyed my computer. Well, maybe it wasn’t Trillian… but I’m sticking to single chat applications.

Windows XP good at fixing itself

Windows XP is good at fixing itself. (But don’t upgrade yet!)