Brian, I am not sure what computer you have, but you seem to run into weird
problems. On my Macs, neither Safari nor Firefox behaves in the manner you
describe, and on the Windows computer at work Firefox runs painlessly. Why
don't you just get that and be done with it?
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jun 11, 2013, at 5:01 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> I downloaded and installed the latest version of Safari for windows ( already
> a year old)
>
> What a swizz. Very slow to start, always starts with trying a call to Apple,
> then when set the task of going somewhere ( such as facebook) stalls for
> ever and loses the connection before finishing loading even the first page.
>
> I'll uninstall it and try the previous version. Fortunately I hit on a site
> which
> has many previous versions.
>
> One trap for the unwary; the first 4 sites on a Google search for a safari
> download pretended to link me to a Safari download, but instead set me up
> to download some Movie-saving program or other. Very tenacious it was.
> When I stopped the download by disconnecting, it refused to go away using
> the usual techniques. It even prevented computer shut-down using the
> normal method. It didn't stop my hand reaching the wall-switch however. A
> vital last resort ...
>
> Brian Swale
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