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MindFad · Mar 9, 2004, 04:03 PM

Is this only me?

After a bit of usage of Safari 1.2(v125)�after, say browsing about ten-fifteen pages worth�scrolling performance (the framerate) will start to drop noticeably. This was a huge problem for me with the first release of Safari, and was fixed (I forget which version, 1.1?), but now it's back again. It's not nearly as bad as 1.0 (where it seemed to behave depending on which direction you scrolled)�scrolling in one direction at 40-50 FPS, and then scrolling in the other would send it to the teens. Anyway, it's bothersome. Logging out and back in seems to fix it for a bit.

Hopefully there's a fix soon. And maybe Apple will finally improve scrolling more in OS X, to get it up to OS 9 standards.

Offloading scrolling onto the graphics cards ... ah, those were the days.

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MindFad · Mar 10, 2004, 02:49 PM

No one else has experienced this? It's really irritating. And now on top of my other problem, I'm liking Panther less and less.

I'm on a dual 800 with 768MB, by the way. This is 10.3.2.

dillerX · Mar 11, 2004, 04:17 PM

fadster, can you adjust the how many pages each click scrolls of a page? maybe that may change it up some?

MindFad · Mar 11, 2004, 04:34 PM

I don't have smooth scrolling on, and I don't mean using a wheel or anything. I'm talking drag-scrolling on the bar. Performance in general while scrolling seem to degrade after awhile of usage. OS X scrolling in general has seemed to always suck when not handling just text, but this Safari problem is irritating. Safari is still the best performing scrolling browser, though, which is funny.

Maybe I'm just spoilt by OS 9 scrolling, which was smooth for everything, always.

Diller, fire Steve Jobs please.

Nah, never mind; he can stay. Schiller's gotta go, though, unless he takes up some acting classes.

MindFad · Mar 26, 2004, 01:50 PM

Could it be a problem with web kit? It's really iriitating after browsing a lot of pages scrolling will go to sh*t, and the only way to fix it is to log out and back in. Relaunching Safari doesn't do it.

Love Calm Quiet · Mar 26, 2004, 01:55 PM

Seems like it's gotta be something with your setup. I scroll VAST numbers of LONG pages all day long, and Safari 1.2 performs great for me on a 667MHz Tibook.

Admittedly, if Memory Monitor shows I've almost NO free memory after a couple hours of this, I'll run MacJanitor to free it up - so I'm sure I'm not close to Page-Outs.

Also: no add-ons on my Safari.

Hope somebody can figure it out for you.

lenox · Mar 26, 2004, 02:31 PM

Try turning off Autocomplete as well as animated .gifs (you might need PithHelmet for the latter suggestion).

Safari really drags ass with scrolling...I hate to compare it to MSIE in Windows (which can smoothscroll fine on a pentium2/400mhz), but there's definitely something wrong. I hope these tips help.