Am I missing something? My Safari is soooo slow

[johneaston]

Especially when I open it having just started my Macbook Pro (as opposed to waking it). BBC News is my homepage and, from clicking on Safari in the dock to getting a complete BBC News page takes around 22 seconds.

With Firefox and Chrome (which I've just downloaded to check) it takes about 2 seconds.

Is this sluggishness normal with Safari or have I got some problem?

 

[BornAgainMac]

Try repairing permissions. Another thing to try is creating another account and see if the problem is system wide or your account. It also be a corrupt preference file.

I never hear of other browsers have these problems on the Mac. I can see why Safari can be the most hated browser with some people.

 

[Joshuarocks]

Safari in general

Safari has always been so slow.. even 5.0.4 is still slow somewhat.. for my browser choices, I use Google Chrome, Omniweb, Firefox(of course).. sometimes Camino..

I think the consensus here is that Safari is the most reviled of them all.. but it does have some nice features.. like being able to download a youtube movie just by looking at the activity monitor.. aside from that, its rendering engine is very slow.