Existing users, 
This is getting ridiculous since it's been a problem ever since version 3...does Apple not acknowledge the fact that .gif's freeze Safari for a good minute or so. I get the dreadful spinning beachball, making the browser unusable. This makes forum browsing (among other sites) nearly impossible and extremely frustrating. The problem has persisted on 3 Macs i've tried (both PPC and Intel).
Firefox doesn't have this problem, but i'd rather use Safari...please fix this.
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.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari..
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Contributed by: waxfloss Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 05:26 PM PDT
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.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - Don10
Perhaps you could post an example URL, as I've not found animated gifs to be a problem - I just visited a whole page of them to be sure, without issue.Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 05:50 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - waxfloss
Try this:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=355091
Scroll through that page and please comment on whether or not Safari 4 locks up for you.
Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 06:01 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - Run Home Slow
got no problem with that page... just let it load fully and than scroll it down... no waiting for me... 3 movies playing at the same time... no waiting... maybe your internet connection is slowiMac G5/2.1/10.5.8 PPC
Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:01 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - Run Home Slow
ooops :-) sorry i used Camino... it's my main browser... yeah Safari on that page is slow in fact it's fu**in' slow :-) Glad i use Camino's this nightly built :-)Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:04 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - Don10
Works OK for me, too. Takes a while to load (I have a slow internet connection), and when scrolling up and down it can seem like it hangs with beachball, but after a little while it comes back good again.I'll grant you Firefox is more responsive under the same circumstances.
Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:05 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - sjk
Yup, Safari (4.0.3 on 10.5.8) chokes on that forum page here, too, on G4/G5/Intel-based systems. Camino handles it at least on the Intel system.Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:07 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - sjk
PS: Given enough time it eventually loaded on my Intel mini but something somewhere's not right with that.Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:14 PM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - KeesW
Same here, smooth in Camino (my default browser too), dogslow in Safari.Problem is worse on older hardware, but very evident on both my 12" PowerBook and intel iMac.
(http://caminobrowser.org/)
Wednesday, August 12 2009 @ 02:48 AM PDT
.gif images STILL freeze/lock up Safari.. - waxfloss
Just to clarify, this doesn't happen with normal .gif extension images, just the animated ones.Reply to This
Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 05:29 PM PDT