Have to click links TWICE to go to the link...

Anyone else experiencing this? iMac G3, OS 10.4.11, Safari 3.2.1.... I'll be looking at a web page, and when I click on a link, the blue progress bar advances past "http://" then stops. I have to click on the link again to get the link to load. I've gone to "Reset Safari" and reset everything but cookies, autofill, icons, and saved names and passwords. Frustrating to say the least. I've been using Safari 3.2.1 for a while, but don't remember this happening until recently. Any cures?
Mike

Hi,
It sounds like it might be DNS related. You can test this by trying out the DNS settings provided by OpenDNS:
https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/device/apple-osx-tiger

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