It isn't your ISP ... I have this all the time with my mini and so does my dad. It is FF - it is a memory hog (I only have a 1G mini) and I haven't found a way to fix it either. It also crashes consistently when accessing the history or trying to reload the last closed tab - not every time, but quite often. I've written them with no response.
I've just stopped using FF except for those sites that won't work with Safari (which is much faster). FF doesn't seem to be too concerned. BTW, what you refer to was, in the past, lovingly called the "spinning beachball of death" or SPOD by us oldtimers! It was a precursor to a system freeze or crash. On Jan 14, 2:14 pm, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:18 AM, PETE wrote: > > > > > I'm using the above mentioned software on my Quicksilver. Of late > > I've noticed a very annoying development. While browsing, the cursor > > turns into a multi-colored circle that keeps turning round and round > > and...,infact during one of these episodes I got out bidded on ebay. > > What's causing this hiccup and how can I fix it? By the way my Mac > > OS 10.3.9 on my other computer is doing the same thing. TIA. > > That is the 'spinning pinwheel of doom'; and it means that OS X is > telling you something is using up system resources, CPU or RAM. > > 99% of the time when this happens in web browsers it's the %...@#$# > flash plugins, mostly ads. > > Look up Adblock <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865> > > If it's both systems, with different browsers, it could be your ISP or > the web site you're hitting. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
