Safari keeps freezing when viewing the site

[sensei_russ]

I'm using a mac/safari (with snow leopard and latest updates) and for around the last two weeks safari freezes almost every time I start viewing pages on the WHF website. I've tried clearing the cache and logging out and back in and I haven't noticed the problem with any other website. I had to shut down and restart safari four times whilst trying to make this post due to the problem. Any help? (I need my regular WHF fix!) Thanks

 

[Andy Clough]

Mmm, strange, not happening this end. One for our technical guru John Duncan, methinks. John?

 

[John Duncan]

No, not something I've seen either. Have you upgraded to Safari 5 by any chance?

 

[sensei_russ]

You're right John, it must be Safari 5. I recently bought a Macbook and automatically installed all updates as the alerts appeared (something I'd never do on my pc!).

I've jusy done a quick Google on 'Safari 5 problems' and it seems there are lots - blast! I will try resetting Safari and see if that helps.

Operating system problems - I thought I'd left that party when I moved to a Mac...

 

[John Duncan]

Well you did on the whole, but the new Safari does appear to be a bit glitchy, certainly...

 

[robjcooper]

Had the same problem myself after upgrading to safari 5, but only on this site so wouldn't put the blame at safari's door. Uninstalled and re-downloaded flash player and it seems ok now.

 

[John Duncan]

robjcooper:Had the same problem myself after upgrading to safari 5, but only on this site so wouldn't put the blame at safari's door. Uninstalled and re-downloaded flash player and it seems ok now.

So you'd blame adobe then?

 

[robjcooper]

As re-installing flash has completely got rid of the problem, then in my case, yes.

 

[sensei_russ]

I'd already re-installed adobe flash a few days ago as Youtube had stopped working (which sounds in line with other comments I've read about Safari 5).

I will try again though as a reset of Safari doesn't seem to have helped so far.

 

[sensei_russ]

Seems to be working fine now after resetting Safari and re-installing flash.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. Me too. I have to keep using Force Quit on my mac. Sometimes just the once, but other times, like you, 3 or 4 attempts. I will often give up after that. Thought it was just me. Let's see if anyone has a suggestion/solution in the next week or so, otherwise I might try a different thread.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry. It froze again after finding original question but not the responses. I will swallow the suggested medicine and see what happens.

 

[Dan Turner]

Hi - can anyone tell me how to un-install/re-install flash player please? I keep getting repeated warning messages "flash player (safari plug-in) stopped working unexpectedly" - it started yesterday evening and it's happening more and more when I navigate around the WHF site - almost every new page I load. Hopefully the reinstall will do the trick (yes safari 5!), but a little bit of a Mac novice so not too sure how to do that.

Many thanks

 

[Tom Moreno]

I'm having this same problem on three different Macs. All are running Safari 5 and two (my home desktop and laptop) have had flash re-installed. I get the feeling it might be when certain advertising banners are called up on the page as it seems to happen round about every 4th page I open.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Just spent 15 mins clicking all over the site using Safari, with no probs at all. Can I go back to using a proper browser now?

 

[Anonymous]

I'm having the same problem. I have to Force Quit Safari after the spinning wheel appears. It is happening almost every time I visit the What HiFi forums.

I also have Safari 5. This site is the only one that I have experienced this particular problem with. Any ideas on what I can do to solve this most annoying issue? I had to download flash the other day as many sites weren't fully loading content and youtube and iplayer wouldn't play any videos.

Thanks

 

[robjcooper]

Safari 5.01 download available today. Boots up faster and seems to run better generally. Give it a go and if you still have problems you could try Chrome which is fast and stable.

Rob

 

[6th.replicant]

robjcooper:
Safari 5.01 download available today. Boots up faster and seems to run better generally...

2nd that.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot guys, that's solved the problem.

 

[John Duncan]

TFFT.

Actually, I think Firefox needs a bit of a fixing as well, it's giving me real gyp at the moment, running at 500 meg of memory used...