Originally Posted by markbach

Sorry to rehash such an old thread, but I am having problems with clicking links in chat on my Powerbook... whenever I click a link, Java/Firefox lock up, and I have to kill and restart Firefox. I've tried all the usual standbys (shift-click, control-click, command-click, leave browser windows open, disable all extensions, etc), and nothing seems to work.

This problem has occurred since I upgraded Firefox to 1.5 (which can use Java version 1.4.2/1.5.0). When I was using Java 1.3.1 under Firefox 1.0.x, everything worked great. I'd rather not downgrade Firefox 1.5 to use Java 1.3.1 (nor am I sure it's even possible to do).

My specifics...
Mac OS X 10.4.4
Firefox 1.5
Java version "1.4.2_09 from Apple Computer, Inc." or "1.5.0_05 from Apple Computer, Inc." (I've tried both)

I am able to get into chat and click links successfully using Safari (which is using Java 1.4.2), but Safari slooooows to a crawl after a while, so I would much rather use Firefox.

Let me know if you need anything else from me as far as debugging information, screenshots, etc.

Thanks!