[X4U] Can't view page source in Safari

[John Baltutis]

On 04/20/05, Preston Kutzner <grdnwsl at mrichi.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:46 -0700, John Baltutis wrote:
>> On 04/20/05, Preston Kutzner <grdnwsl at mrichi.com> wrote:
>> > Again, in a
>> > nutshell, the user can't view page source from Safari when loading a
>> > page.  However, if the user re-loads the page, Safari is then able to
>> > view the page source.  Any help is appreciated.
>>
>> Seems to be normal behavior. There's no source available until the page
>> finishes loading. Select a new page, click on View, and note View Source
>> option is grayed out until the after the page loads. BTW, upgrade to 10.3.9
>> and pages should load faster. Many speed enhancements with Safari 1.3.
>
> The problem isn't so much not being able to view the source before the
> page is loaded.  The user is still unable to view the source after the
> page has finished loading completely.  However, if the user hits the
> reload button, he is then able to view the page source.  Viewing page
> source shouldn't require that the user re-load the page before being
> able to view the source.  I don't have this problem with my, or any
> other installation of Safari in the office.

Then, I misinterpreted your "can't view page source from Safari when
loading a page" statement. It may be that he has corrupted cache files or
adverse icon files. Try these: launch Safari, Safari->Empty Cache, quit
Safari, delete the Icons folder in ~/Library/Safari/, relaunch Safari, and
see if that fixes things. If not, then create another admin user account,
log into it, and see if the problem persists. If not, then some prefs file
is conflicting, and troubleshooting those is left as an exercise for the
user. If so, log back into the original account, delete the new one, and
then try Safari->Reset Safari.