Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 This is really starting to bug me. I've got an iBook G3 900 with 640MB RAM and it seems every time I load a page or open a new tab, Safari beachballs on me. It also seems to happen when entering text or at any other time it feels like. It's really starting to **** me off and I don't seem to have any explanation for the issue... OT: I got an iPod mini today :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 This is really starting to bug me. I've got an iBook G3 900 with 640MB RAM and it seems every time I load a page or open a new tab, Safari beachballs on me. It also seems to happen when entering text or at any other time it feels like. It's really starting to **** me off and I don't seem to have any explanation for the issue...OT: I got an iPod mini today :cool: You?re using the latest version I take it? OT: Did you get the pink one? :p:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 It also seems to happen when entering text or at any other time it feels like. Im pretty sure you know about the Check Spelling As You Type Feature in Safari, actually I think you might have been the one that clued me onto it here on Neowin, but if you for some reason did not now I would try to disable that. It seems like when that is on and you are typing on let say Neowin for example, I sometimes get a small slowdown on my Dual G4. just a suggestion that im sure you already knew about anyway but I know that slows entering text down no matter what. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 No, that doesn't have any effect. It's a complete beachball, not just slow down. It's *really* annoying, too :/ OT: It's a green one. Last they had :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Tim, this is a known issue. It has been discussed at length with Hyatt and they are working on a fix for it. The Prominent problem being when reloading 1 or more background tabs, the active tab becomes bunk until the others are done reloading. BTW, the mini is awesome eh? I got mine the day they came out and immediately got rid of my 3g one, the mini is it! SOOOO great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebaz Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 i notice that safari starts to eat ur memory away like crazy. Best thing is to close it and re-open a window everynow, altough i never gooten your problem i do get beach-ballness (new word i made up) when i visit ign.com all the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 This is really starting to bug me. I've got an iBook G3 900 with 640MB RAM and it seems every time I load a page or open a new tab, Safari beachballs on me. It also seems to happen when entering text or at any other time it feels like. It's really starting to **** me off and I don't seem to have any explanation for the issue...OT: I got an iPod mini today :cool: Yep. and I REALLY want to like Safari too. PS Should have got the pink one :p :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I've noticed Safari takes a little while to Quit when you have a lot of tabs or windows open. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 Tim, this is a known issue. It has been discussed at length with Hyatt and they are working on a fix for it. The Prominent problem being when reloading 1 or more background tabs, the active tab becomes bunk until the others are done reloading.BTW, the mini is awesome eh? I got mine the day they came out and immediately got rid of my 3g one, the mini is it! SOOOO great. I would agree with that, but it happens without any tabs open. For instance, I was just looking on edmunds.com for price quotes for a car I'm getting (Mazda 3!) and it beachballed when I was just clicking around. As you can see, it's pretty darn annoying... jagedEdge: According to the creash reporter logs, I haven't had Safari crash on me since January. I'll try excluding it from APE messing about with it, and see if that's it. Because it's the only thing I can think of :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I would agree with that, but it happens without any tabs open. For instance, I was just looking on edmunds.com for price quotes for a car I'm getting (Mazda 3!) and it beachballed when I was just clicking around. As you can see, it's pretty darn annoying...jagedEdge: According to the creash reporter logs, I haven't had Safari crash on me since January. I'll try excluding it from APE messing about with it, and see if that's it. Because it's the only thing I can think of :/ Yep, same here. Trust me I know exactly what you are talking about. Camino is 500 percent faster for me lately, but I just cannot leave Safari. I remember when it came out and it was the fastest thing on the planet, lol. Oh, to have those days again. Safari is definitely one of the only apps I ever see a beachball in and it would seem it should be on the list of ones I never do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 some sites seem to do this to me (like ign.com). every page load beachballs for like 30 seconds and then the page displays. might have something to do with interpretation of certain code... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endoscient Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Might be better to try something like Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Might be better to try something like Firefox. Even slower than Safari in my own tests... so until they fix that, nope. Sometimes... ok right now... safari is being a little sluggish while i enter text... but usually I just close all my windows again and it fixes itself. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 16, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2004 Just got it to freeze again, WITHOUT A WINDOW OPEN! :o This is also running 10.3.3, so that's not the fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 yeah safari is getting a lil bit sluggish lately, but i thought it was because of my outdated PowerBook, anyone with a dual G5 having the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I have the same computer+same amount of ram+airport card, and dont have this problem. Did it just start one day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I am a little disappointed to hear that the 10.3.3 update did not fix it. There are many people with G5s having the same problem. It is definitely something wrong with the program itself. Especially considering how lightning fast Camino is now with opening tabs and the same. Remember the good ole days when safari first came out and it was the fastest thing ever? Ahhh, Nostalgia. I'd be interested to know if everyone having this problem is running APE and or SS? NeoMayhem are you running them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Why can I not edit my posts anymore? Weird. Anyway, small update. Safari is back to it's greatness! In fact it feels much faster than 1.1 did. Here is what I did. I downloaded 10.3.3 and installed it. Rebooted. After restart I immediately opened up disk utility and repaired permissions. Rebooted. After restart, opened up Safaricon and restored my theme and then opened up Safari. I can now open as many bookmarks as I want and it doesn't lag one bit. Pages are also loading noticeably faster. It could have just been cleaning the pipes or whatever, but it is sure great to have this browser working great again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Well, 10.3.3 also includes Safari 1.2.1 if anybody didn't notice. That could be part of the reasoning. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger.Girl Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I have the same issues even in 10.3.3 timdorr what other apps do you use frequently? I am starting to think there is an issue with apple's webkit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Have you guys who are still having problems, reboot, repair permissions and reboot again? Because my issues did not go away until I did that after the 10.3.3 update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am_fek Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 My G5 and PB are both still running 10.3.2. I don't have these problems on my G5. Sometimes Safari may beachball when showing the "add bookmark" sheet animation, but only very briefly and only when the machine is otherwise busy. My upcoming RAM upgrade will probably fix that. My PB is a different story. Safari has always been a bit slow on my PB.. at least since 0.85 it has. When I have several tabs open it can take a while to switch from one tab to another. When typing in certain input boxes (like the one here at Neowin), the text lags really badly, and I can't find any option to turn off spell-checking as I type? Anyway.. My point is that I haven't noticed anything specific about 1.2. 1.1 was already a little laggy on my PB, and 1.2 is just fine on my G5. Still, if I could get another browser to integrate properly with .Mac, I would switch :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Glad to see someone else aside from myself noticing Safari's sluggishness in the past few updates. It's not the best browser (to some it never was) on OS X anymore people. Time to get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebaz Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 i just checked ign.com with IE and it is a lot faster than in safari. Im not leaving safari anytime soon, but it does need a speed boost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 17, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'll try repairing permissions (I won't reboot, cause I'm not into that sort of thing. I had 80 days uptime before 10.3.3 :D ). And I think my Safaricon changes got overwritten by 1.2.1, but I can try that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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