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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-06-07 03:46 PM
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The ONLY time Safari crashes on me is on DU ---
Isn't DU "Mac Friendly"?

I don't want to go to Firefox because I am so used to Safari and until very recently, it has had NO problems whle I am on DU. Now it crashes every 5 minutes or so. But NEVER on other sites.

Any explanations for this puzzle??
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-06-07 07:33 PM
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1. It never crashes Safari on me
It never crashes Safari on me - Im on a G4 10.4.9.

On a side note Im now able to post with private browsing enabled on DU! Woohooo... that was my only gripe...
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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-06-07 07:59 PM
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2. I am also on 10.4.9
on an Intel MacBook - erased my cookies - problem still there
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 05:50 AM
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3. Something on DU has changed in the last two weeks to crash Mac browsers.
Edited on Thu Jun-07-07 05:51 AM by onehandle
I have changed nothing on my PowerBook G4, but I keep getting unexpected quits while surfing DU in Safari and Firefox.

This is also happening on my brand new Intel machine at work. It seems to happen when I click to open a thread's link. It may be a component of the DU structure or something to do with ads coming in.
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fightthegoodfightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 05:22 PM
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4. Happens to Me Too
DU is the only sight I crash on.

Let's hope it's just a software problem and not big brother.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 06:40 AM
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5. I use Camino
and seem to be having "Connection" problems when using DU.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 07:35 PM
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6. I haven't had a lick of trouble on DU. CNN used to crash my browser.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:16 AM
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7. My problems on DU came with YouTube videos
Once they went up on the front page. Before that DU was one of the few sites I never had trouble viewing. What happens to me is I start hearing a whine and the browser (not just Safari - every one of them) seems to start sucking RAM (1.5 g) until the CPU is gripped and the browser crashes I have to shut down and restart. It's happened hundreds of times on my iMac G5. I had the machine out to Apple for repair, asked numerous times in forums, read everything I can find, and no hope so far. If I click on a site that has one of those YouTube graphic links I can hear the issue start up. If I click off fast enough I can stave off the browser crashing. But I think it's also some ads trigger it, while somehow others don't, so I don't know. But Safari, Camino, Firefox, and so forth, it doesn't matter - they all do it. I just keep switching and using a different one until that one crashes. After a rest, they seem to recover for a while.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:40 PM
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8. Yeah, it was happening to me a lot too
So I switched to Firefox, and so far not a single crash. I like Safari but it may be wise to have Firefox on hand for when stuff like this happens. It really is a great web browser, but it doesn't look as cool as Safari does.
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 06:10 PM
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9. Skinner was asking for examples of this
earlier this week. PM him and let him know the circumstances. I have a PC yet and it has been crashing as well. No surprise there.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 03:49 PM
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10. Safari never crashes on me.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that I always have the pop-up blocker on.
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 09:28 PM
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11. Its being caused by Flash 9 N/T
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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-01-07 02:00 PM
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12. Safari has never crashed on me.
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