How I got Safari 3.2.1 to stop crashing on a G4 iBook

One of my macs is an old G4 iBook that is used primarily for web surfing and little else. It is running OS X 10.4.11
The recent software update to Safari 3.2.1 was disastrous. Safari never really launched and would just crash after a few minutes. I never got as far as trying to open a web page, because it would just freeze on being launched.
I did find something in another posting that helped me to get it working again so I thought I share it here in an unambiguous posting.
I restarted the iBook in safe mode, holding down the shift key while it restarted, up to the point I could log into the iBook.
I then launch Safari which launched without crashing or freezing.
In the Safari menu I reset Safari and cleared out the cache for good measure.
I then restarted the iBook as normal.
The problems with Safari 3.2.1 stopped. I now launches and does not freeze and crash.
I hope this helps someone.

Hi,
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