Safari 4.04 oddities in 10.4.11

Installing Safari 4.0.4 on Tiger resulted in ⌘-click not working for links in web pages, but it does work for links on the Bookmarks Bar. Also, some pages that opened without any problem under Safari 3 now fail to load completely and freeze Safari so the only option is to close the window and then open a new one.
Creating a new test account results in normal behavior in that account. Disabling or removing the only extensions I have (SafariBlock, SafariStand and Glims 1.0b20), along with the com.apple.Safari.plist file results in no change to Safari behavior in my regular user account.
Ideas, or solutions?

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