Safari locks if I type in text box

Question

My Safari on a 20" first gen imac 1.8 Ghz G5 with 10.4.9 locks everytime I type in a text box. Even the search box at the Apple web site. Any ideas.

Answer 1

good you tried it in a new user account
and even better it works in the new user account
now drag ~/library/safari to the desktop and restart mac make sure that safari is not open at the same time
and make sure you restart your mac
if things works fine(you will need to say good bye to your book marks if still the same issue put the safari folder back to original location)
assusming it does not work trash
~/library/preferences/com.apple.safari.plist also ~/library/cache
restart your mac
test to see if it works
still does not work drag the entire ~/library/preferences folder to the desktop
restart mac and test the preference folder will recreate itself
works fine(now is where the pain starts)
make sure you have not opened any application
<step 1>
you will need to drag a few items from the preferences folder on the desktop to the preferences folder that has been newly created in the ~/library folder
and then restart mac and test
repeat the process till the issue is reproducible now once the issue is reproduced you will need to pull out the last items that you put in the preferences folder
restart mac and then put them back one at a time, restart and test till issue is reproducible
the item that is reproducible will be going to the trash
and then repeat <step 1> till preferences folder on the desktop is empty