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ChrisBoven

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Jan 24, 2006
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Half the time when safari is loading a page it loads half way then stops. I then either have to click on the link again or click in the address bar and press enter for it to load all the way. Needless to say this gets annoying... Is there anyway to fix this?
 
Not sure of a fix, but press ?+R (Command+R) to make it less painful to reload.
 
Nine times out of ten it's some third-party ad server that the page has linked to and it's stalled or on the fritz.

The next time it happens, go to the window menu and select "Activity." You'll see a list of all the elements on the page that you're loading and the status of each one. If it's a stalled ad server, there is usually an "X" next to it. Press the X and Safari will stop attempting to load it and the rest of the page (minus the ad) should load.
 
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