Both Safari 4.1 and Camino 2.0.3 browser issues

Question

Hi,
I have issues with both of the browsers I have installed on my powerbook G4 17" laptop.
Safari takes 10-12 minutes for the home-page to load. After it loads, I can surf properly again but then after 5-30 minutes of surfing, I get the spinning beach ball. If I wait (5-10 minutes) for something to happen, I get the window with the message stating that safari crashed and asks if I want to reopen or close the application. The only other way to close safari immediately is to force quit. This problem has been happening for about 1-2 months.
Camino opens normally, in terms of speed, but I almost immediately get the spinning beach ball. Again, if I wait 5-10 minutes, the application closes and I get the same window as I get with safari quitting. I also use force quit to close camino. This problem has also been happening for about 1-2 months.
My internet comes from a high-speed connection hard wired into a windows pc which is also connected to an apple airport extreme which provides our wi-fi. The windows pc also has the pc version of safari and it starts up immediately and doesn't crash like my mac laptop's safari. My laptop runs off of the airport extreme's wi-fi signal, but there are no problems with the wi-fi because there are 2 iphone 3GSs and one ipod touch also running off the same wi-fi and there are no issues using the mobile safari at all. So the problem must be with my mac laptop....
Thanks for any suggestions.
HERE IS WHAT I HAVE
(all my software is up to date.)
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 17"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,7
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.1f1
Serial Number: W851400DRJ3
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Version: 1.0
System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S165)
Kernel Version: Darwin 8.11.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Computer Name: Tim’s PowerBook G4 17"
User Name: Tim (tim)

Answer 1

Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem. Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
I FOLLOWED these instructions then restarted my machine. No effect.
If third party add-ons aren't the issue, From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 7 buttons and click Reset. Relaunch Safari. If still takes a long time to load your home page...
I FOLLOWED these instructions then restarted my machine. No effect.
Repair Disk Permissions.
Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
I FOLLOWED these instructions then restarted my machine. No effect. (I knew about this feature in disk utility from using final cut pro on my mac, so use it regularly).
Try logging into another user account. Try Safari functions as it should there then at least the problem is isolated to your user account only.
I FOLLOWED these instructions then restarted my machine and this one WORKED!! I now log into the new account and safari starts up immediately like before. I'm not sure what's wrong with my old account, but this tip worked well.
Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist file. Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari and see if that makes a difference. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.
If nothing above helps, please post a crash log.
Open a Finder window. From the Menu Bar click Go / Go to Folder. Copy/paste this path into the Finder dialog: ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter
Click Go. The Finder will open containing the crash log. Copy and paste the most recent log here in your reply.
Note. For help with Camino, check out their forums here. http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=12
Carolyn
Thanks so much to both of you for your help.
Tim