Trackpad Gestures in Safari (Lion)

While surfing with safari - if I pinch and zoom to zoom in  (which i like to do because my eyes aren't the greates)
it makes the page freeze - and i can't scroll it anymore (at all)
Anyone have any suggestions?

The pinch-to-zoom gesture has not worked since I updated to Lion.  Occasionally when I attempt to use this feature in Safari the webpage becomes pixelated and all I can do is or open a new tab or window.  It happened a lot more frequently when I first updated which was frustrating, but it has stopped happening as often and is more of a random annoyance.  Even so, I used the pinch to zoom in/out gesture a lot with my 13" MBP now it's really just a hassle to do most anything online.  The ⌘ -/+ is functional, however not optimal.  Really frustrated, I was hoping that there was a solution..

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