Mac OS X 10.3.7: Safari: Slow, non-functioning Java; more
Several readers report broken Java functionality in Safari under Mac OS X 10.3.7. This has caused an inability to access a variety of Web sites, including Yahoo's chat rooms and others.
Some users, experiencing this problem in Safari, have been able to resolve it by using the "Reset Safari" option located in the Safari application menu.
Others reported that re-installing the Java 1.4.2 Update 2 does the trick.
Michael Alford, for instance, writes:
"Just thought I'd confirm what I've been reading from other Mac users regarding the slowness of Safari after the 10.3.7 update. I downloaded and installed the 10.3.7 Combo Update on my 1.8ghz dual processor G5 tower. I noticed that both Safari and Firefox were slow to connect to some sites. Safari would refuse to connect to some sites, and crash upon connecting to other sites, even after I cleaned the caches. After reading the experiences of other users posted to MacFixIt, I, too, reinstalled the Java 1.4.2 Update2, and both browsers are performing much better than they were before the reinstall."
Another reader, Bob, adds: "After updating to 10.3.7 using SW update, I started having printing problems with Safari. I then ran the 10.3.7 combo updater and the printing problems were fixed. But, some of my local Java applications stopped working after the 10.3.7 combo updater. Reinstalling the Java 1.4.2 Update #2 fixed this. Everything seems fine now."
By far the most successful workaround, however, is clearing Java caches.
In order to perform this procedure, go to the /Applications/Utilities/Java folder. You will notice Java 1.4.2 Plugin Settings and Java 1.3.1 Plugin Settings. Launch both of these applications, select the cache tab in each, and click "clear". Attempt to access problematic sites again.
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autofill for sites (Other forms) and then it was fine.
(for example: <https://us.etrade.com/e/t/home>)
Fetching the login page can take 30+ seconds,
rarely less than 20 seconds.
A friend living two states away reports no problems
(his times are 3 or 4 seconds).
None of the recommended fixes (reset Safari;
reinstall Java, clear Java caches) solves the problem.
FireFox loads the pages very fast.
Clearly there is an unresolved problem in Safari.
(I'm running the now-current versions of everything.)
I concur that eTrade is extremely slow to load in Safari. I tried it with Internet
Explorer and it loads almost instantly (I'm on a 3 MBps DSL line.)
I also tried all the recommended fixes here, with no help.
This does seem to be an issue with the latest Safari 1.2.4 that comes with OS
10.3.7. I say that because my wife is still running Safari 1.2.2 and OS 10.3.4
and eTrade loads quickly for her.
- by gslusher January 17, 2005 2:07 AM PST
- I've been getting a lot of errors in Safari 1.2.4 recently like this:
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(4 Comments)"Safari can?t open the page ?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?.
The error was: ?bad server response? (NSURLErrorDomain:-1011"
The page loads fine in iCab and Firefox.
As part of troubleshooting for an audio problem (turned out to be a bad logic
board), per the direction of the AppleCare techs, I reinstalled the original OS
10.3.2, then updated it to 10.3.7. That's when the problem started, I think. I
replaced Safari, though the downloaded version was 1.2, but the problem
persisted. I ran the 10.3.7 combo updater again and Safari was upgrade to
1.2.4, but the problem persisted. I've reset Safari, cleared the Java caches,
reinstalled the Java 1.4.2 update, etc., but the problem remains. I also can't
access the Applelinks site (http://www.applelinks.com/).