On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:42 PM, Gail Grainger wrote: > >> I gave up on Safari about 2 weeks ago. I rarely used firefox, up >> until a few weeks ago. After freezing, for no reason, a dozen times >> a day, I finally said I'm done with Safari, and I switched every >> thing to Firefox. Why would I switch back? >> Gail Grainger >> > > Gail: > > I too have had total system lockups 2-3 times a day. It really is > sporadic. The only reason I can guess is that something in an RSS > feed is causing SAFARI to lock up. The only way I can get out is to > reboot. I have found if I stop SAFARI (after use) no more system > lockups so far and I am happy. It is difficult to remember to shut > it down though. > > Ed To both: I disabled the RSS feeds by selecting "Never Update" in the preferences. I have never had Safari cause any problems with freezing, only with sites that wouldn't accept Safari as my default browser.