Safari is Slow

My Safari is loading soooo slowly.
I deleted cookies and reset the cache.
Is there something else I can do to troubleshoot the
problem?
Carla

I have been dealing with this problem all day now - well not all day but ....
I finally got cable today after a year on ISDN and 12 years on dial up. And guess what .............. give up?
Safari has pretty much ruined my "happy day" - sure I can download files at warp speed but ............... it takes FOREVER for Safari to move at all (after I click on a bookmark).
All this slow "stuff" is only on this Dual 2GHz G5 - my little whimpy 1.67 PowerBook don't have this Safari problem and boy oh boy it is in fact a problem.
It is a real shame my G4 PowerBook runs circles around this Dual G5 when it comes to Safari.
I posted some time back about this Safari (on this G5) taking 40 bounces to launch ...... all while the little whimpy G4 PowerBook lauches it in 2 bounces.
There were no answers so I lived with it. Today I got the cable and the doggi-ness of Safari is lit up like a search light.
Well I have some good news - trying to find a fix for the slowness of Safari I stumbed on to a word I had never heard before "favicon". I did a search (ate lunch while Safari was "thinking about" moving and hit on the word. And found this .........
(Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal): find ~/Library/Safari/icons -type f -print | xargs rm
I just copy/pasted that command into the terminal and pOOf - the lauch problem went away. Instead of taking 40-45 bounches Safar now lauches in 1/4th of one bounce but................... still don't move until it is good and ready.
Some things I did that did not help the slow problem one bit were .......
removed the bookmark file
put the bookmark file from my PowerBook this G5
put the entire Safari app in this G5
nuttin ................... nuttin helped
Why does Safari work like it should on the G4 PowerBook and not work like it should on this Dual G5?
Both puters have 1.5gig of memory - both are on the same AirPort Extreme wirless network. Both have 10.4.4
I am thinking this problem is more widespread that many people think.
What else can we try ? - I have waited years for real broadband - this G5 is all decked out with two 20 ACD monitors - it looks soooooooooooo classy UNTIL you want to surf ........... dang who surfs these days anyway (ok that was a sour puss remark lol)
The problem (for only this computer and Safari) has been with me for months and months - getting cable today brought it to lights flashing - sirens blairing - BLATANT focus.
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Message was edited by: John Tobey1

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