Odds & Ends: Netscape one pixel crash; Distiller file size; more

Netscape one pixel background "crash" A thread on the MacFixIt Forums discusses long loading time "crashes" in Netscape Communicator 4.6.1 that occur (at least for some users) when loading web pages that contain a one pixel background.

Distiller file size problem Joe Ligotti claims that PDF files created with Acrobat Distiller 4.0 are much larger than those created with Acrobat 3.02. For example, one file distilled with 3.02 was 152K in size; when distilled with 4.0, it was 2.2MB in size. Adobe Tech Support told him that they recognize this problem and are currently working on a fix. There were no projections as to when the fix would be available.

Update: Gary Polando notes: "This only happens when Acrobat 4 is set to 'version 4 only.' If you change the preferences to be compatible with version 3, the files sizes are much smaller."

The PDFzone also has an article on this subject.

Microtech Adapter and Control Strip conflict? David Shindell could not successfully start up his iMac after installing a Microtech Xpress SCSI 25-pin Adapter. He found that the cause was a conflict with the Control Strip Extension. When he disabled the extension, all went well.

Mac OS 9 and HP printer driver A heads-up: A Mac OS 9 beta tester reported that the HP DeskJet 800 printer driver v 9.4 is not recognized when running OS 9 (beta 5).