Why is Safari so temperamental these days?

It's reluctance to open web pages one minute, then allow you to open them the next is really tedious. Also, messages saying I'm not connected to the internet when I have internet radio playing through itunes in the background is ludicrous. I'm seriously unimpressed at the moment. The latest updates aren't a patch on the software of 12 months ago.

Are you on a PC? Do you run anti-virus software?

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