Safari Doesn't like Mac Discussions

I have the curious behaviour that clicking on any link produces a message that Safari can't load information from this page, yet clicking the same link a second time the link works This has been happening the entire time I have been using this forum. I have not asked about it before because it is annoying rather than disastrous.
Additionally I am noticing more and more pages(maybe 1 in 100) that just come up in Safari as a blank page yet work perfectly in any other browser. I have Safari 1.3.2 on 10.3.9 I never had this problem until recent months.
I am starting to think about other browsers, safari seems to be falling behind. Any thoughts?
Tony

Hi Tony
the reason for entering dns addresses there is that it may solve your problem. Use the same dns addresses as specified by your isp for the internet connection you use.
Trust us - some installations of osx/safari would not connect to the internet or mail servers At All! if there were no 'optional' dns servers entered. It's quite safe, if it doesn't improve your situation - it's easy to remove them again.
On the face of it - we shouldn't need these optional addresses - but many.many users here & elsewhere have tried exactly what iBod suggested & come back smiling. Do a search on these forums for it - no-one broke anything by trying this... just make sure you enter exactly the right numbers.

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