Safari balky only on Apple Discussions

I use Safari almost exclusively and generally it works fine. It seems to me that recently I am having to reload many of my hits on Discussions which just spin (or don't even spin) and don't load. Anyone else having this problem?
ds

yes - lots of us.
there was a reply to a question from me on this board saying it was an apple discussions software problem & would hopefully be fixed soon. Apple are certainly aware of the problem.
I have found that logging out to browse here makes it much faster, & have fallen into the bad habit of double clicking every link - which does seem effective ( not if opening in a new tab, of course).
worst is questions/answers not being sent - refresh doesn't work for those & I often have to copy my reply - go back - hit reply once more - paste - & try again.

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Is there a way to stay logged in on my Apple ID on the Apple website.
Each time I launch Safari and go to Apple Discussions I have to manually login.
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I seem to remember in the past I didn't need to do this, ...
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From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences then select the Security tab. Click: Show Cookies
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I will respond to myself to keep you informed of the progress with my problems and Safari/Software Update:
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2. However, since I don't know enough about OS X to mess around with it, I decided to start from the LaCie external HD as I did before, and proceeded to perform a "Smart Update" with SuperDuper. Before the Smart Update, I printed the last unread e-mail in the mailboxes, since I know that SuperDuper would erase those. I backed the iMac's HD a couple of days ago, before encountering all of these problems with Safari, so all the files and applications are fresh and in good order.
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Copy and Paste to Apple Discussions.

Hello,
Could someone tell me why when I copy then paste this text it results in the first characters of every line disappearing? At least that is what appears to be happening here. I say appears because I have already copied and pasted the below AppleScript and on every line there are characters missing from the beginning. My uncertainty arises after that though because when I type text after the pasted material it also seems to be missing the first characters. I have a screenshot here of the entered text (after the pasting) highlighted while being entered due to spelling and as you see the highlighted portion seems to start before the text enter box. Note: This has made me wonder if the text will show after posting.
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repeat
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on error number -1700
display alert script_error_prefix message ("You must enter a number.")
end try
end repeat
set this_year to year of (current date)
if birth_year < (this_year - 65) then
error user_disqualified_prefix number 5001 -- too old
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error user_error_prefix number 5002 -- future date
else if birth_year > (this_year - 18) then
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repeat
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exit repeat
on error number -1700
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display dialog ("Congratulations. You're hired!") buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
on error error_message number error_number
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dofromon
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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E're sorry, Apple Discussions are temporarily unavailable.

Sorry for posting in this forum but at present I can only access discussions through the 'Popular Discussions Forums' link at the bottom of the support homepage.
Basically for the past few days, I've received the message "We're sorry, Apple Discussions are temporarily unavailable" when I click on the Discussions link under the support tab. I've emptied the cache and reset Safari but with no joy.
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Hi Darren & Adam!
It's not your systems that are at fault.
Everyone is experiencing down times here.
There have been more problems than usual, with the Apple Discussions site for the past week or so.
I'm sure the Sysops are aware of this, and are working very hard to correct it.
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Having installed iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 5c, iPad 3 and iPad 4, it's bad enough that the text size and color on this support site has become so small (tiny, really) and so faint (would like to get my hands on whoever thought light grey was a good idea), now I'm constantly frustrated when attempting to search for a subject, return to a subject category after reading a thread, etc. For instance, I want to look at problems with Safari. So I choose ipad>using iPad>Safari (chose Safari from the subject headings that one can scroll through at the top of the list of topics)>read a post. But when I try to return to the list of Safari-related threads by choosing the Back button, instead it goes back to the combined subject list and have to scroll across to the Safari subject category again, which again starts from the beginning of the list of topics, not to where I left off gong down the list. I tried the other possibilities (return to Using IPad, etc.), no joy. Am I missing something here? I just want to search for a subject, read applicable threads, and when done with a thread return to the previous page at the spot on that page where I left off.
I have been using these discussions long enough to remember when the postings were organized logically and after reading a thread, hitting the Back button returned to the exact spot I'd been linking from to get there. It seems like each "upgrade" to the site has made it less and less logical functionally. Simultaneous to those changes has been the inability of Safari to return to ANY previously accessed webpage at the spot where I left off reading, instead going back to the top of said webpage instead.
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Demo, All the clearing and resetting isn't fixing the problem. Out of curiosity, after reading your post, I checked out the issue on my MacBook Pro, and Safari has the same problem of not returning to the previous page under the selected catagory Safari, for instance, from which I had clicked the link to read the particular thread. I see another poster is having the same problem. Can't imagine why it's working for you.
I just now also tested the problem with the Mercury browser, and had the same problem! So it appears it may not be a Safari problem but rather an Apple web design problem. Looks like it's time for an email to Apple Feedback, though frankly, I don't hold out much hope for help from that avenue as Apple of late seems intent on marching to the beat of their own drums rather than listening to their customers.
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