Is anyone else noticing a dramatic increase in web browser crashes since upgrading to Safari 5?
I am on Version 5.0 (6533.16) with Mac OS X 10.6.3 at work – and even with flash blocked, and the extensions turned off my Safari crashes several times an hour.
Update: I upgraded to Max OS 10.6.4 and noticed no difference (Safari still crashes all the time).
Carefully loading one page at a time and it is stable. Using “Open in Tabs” to open 8-10 pages at once causes the crash every time, and nearly instantly. It does not seem to matter which pages I visit; but being more busy seems to cause the crashing faster.
Update 2: The crashing happens a lot more on Snow Leopard than it does on Leopard. Apparently Apple is aware of the bug and is able to reproduce it… I am hoping they can fix it promptly.
Update 3: Thaumar Rep suggested I check my ~/Library/Safari/Extensions folder for duplicate extensions. I de-duplicated and Safari is vastly more stable! Thank you Thaumar!
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