How are things going in the OS 9 world?

Its been over a year since I last booted into OS 9. But for more than 6 years I was using a Performa 6360. It would often crash on websites and woudl give me so many problems that I have yet to have since I bought an ibook with Tiger. Yes there are and remain advantages to OS 9 that I really miss in X. However I would never ever go back, as OSX is way too powerful and tons more stable.
No this is not a question, but I request for feedback. Some people here claim that their OS 9 Mac never crashes on websites, but this was the opposite of my experience. My Mac running OS 9.1 would often crash. Yes I was running IE 5.x.

Hi, John -
My primary machine is a G4 (AGP) model; it has two internal drives, one partitioned into three volumes, plus external firewire drives. All are bootable - I have seven bootable volumes on this machine, each with an OS on it, ranging from OS 9.1 to an early OSX.
This machine runs 24/7, and is shut down only when there's an electrical storm in the area.
I still use OS 9.1 near 100% of the time. It does everything I want, so there's been no reason for me to change.
The last re-install I did of OS 9.1 was over 5 years ago. And it does not crash. I may go two or three weeks between restarts.
It took only a bit of tweaking to get it stable, mainly turning off all extensions and control panels I do not need, plus resisting the urge to install a lot of 3rd-party GUI enhancers, bells, and whistles.
With OS 9 I feel like the driver; with OSX I feel like a passenger. I'd rather be the driver.
With regard to IE, the prime reason for it crashing seems to be running out of memory. It has a memory leak, and if the user stays on-line long enough it will eventually use up all it has been given, then crash. Giving it a lot of memory (80 to 100 thousand is not excessive) helps, but unless IE is quit and then restarted before it is all used up, it will crash.
There are some sites, more as time goes by, which are not IE Mac v. 5.x friendly - but that's true for just about all OS 9 browsers. Not all webpage designers or coders are willing to code their sites for multiple browsers and versions.

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