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guslIdea for Firefox: before opening a risky URL, give a crash warning: "Are you sure?". You could learn from experience which are safe URLs or plugin types are safe... you could even explain to the user why it thinks it's a crash risk.
Another idea for Firefox: make each tab its own sandbox!
Windows: The program stops responding.
Step 1: Try to exit by clicking "x" and/or File menu. This fails, pointer turns into an hourglass.
Step 2: Ctrl-Alt-Del and "End Now". This fails.
Step 3: Wait, try again, wait, try again, like 30 times. This fails.
Step 4: Right-click, select "End Process Tree" and accept the dire consequences. This fails.
Step 5: Reboot by going to "Restart". Since Windows waits for processes to shut down, this too fails.
... until magically I notice that it's restarting.
It feels like Windows gradually forces programs to shut down, by stronger measures. I wonder what's going on.
Why does "End now" not mean anything anymore... IMHO, we should go no further than Step 2.
Another idea for Firefox: make each tab its own sandbox!
Windows: The program stops responding.
Step 1: Try to exit by clicking "x" and/or File menu. This fails, pointer turns into an hourglass.
Step 2: Ctrl-Alt-Del and "End Now". This fails.
Step 3: Wait, try again, wait, try again, like 30 times. This fails.
Step 4: Right-click, select "End Process Tree" and accept the dire consequences. This fails.
Step 5: Reboot by going to "Restart". Since Windows waits for processes to shut down, this too fails.
... until magically I notice that it's restarting.
It feels like Windows gradually forces programs to shut down, by stronger measures. I wonder what's going on.
Why does "End now" not mean anything anymore... IMHO, we should go no further than Step 2.