Safari locks up when typing URL, but not from bookmarks

Safari Version 3.1.1 (4525.18) in OSX 10.4.11 on PowerBook G4:
The dreaded spinning beach ball appears as soon as I begin to type in a URL (first "w"), requiring a Force Quit. If I access a site from my Bookmarks, no problem. If I copy and paste a URL, it locks up. Google search does NOT have this effect.
This has followed on from what I would describe as increasing instability (i.e. sudden quits) over the last week or so, which I put down to having viewed too many YouTube vids (I have become very wary of letting Safari run for too many days without quitting and re-opening).
I am fully up to date via Software Update. Just wish I could remember when the latest version went in, but it wasn't long ago.

Hello,
Try a different user account and try to launch Safari that way.
Adding a new user account to your computer
You can create individual user accounts for each person who uses your computer. Each new user has a separate home folder and can adjust his or her own preferences without affecting other users.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Accounts.
If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
Click Add and type the user's name.
If you don't want to use the short name generated automatically, type a new short name. (Once the account is created, you won't be able to change the short name.)
Type the user's password in the Password and Verify boxes.
Type a hint to help the user remember the password if they have trouble remembering it at login.
Click Parental Controls and select options to determine what the user can do with the computer.
See if you can launch Safari in a different account. Also, if not, try using a different browser, such as Firefox available here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/mozillafirefox.html
Carolyn

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