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marginwalker-Tb6a6Z
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April 15, 2008
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some websites with Flash crash Safari, OmniWeb, Camino (9.0.124.0)

  • April 15, 2008
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For several weeks, I've found that some sites with Flash will crash OmniWeb, Safari, and Camino. The applications don't quit, but they do freeze with the spinning pinwheel. I have cleared the caches and history for each with no change.

The first site that I noticed this on was http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/index, but I've since found the same behavior on other sites.

The problem is the same on two different computers: 1. PowerMac G4 dual 450 MHz, 1GB of RAM, plenty of disk space, running 10.4.11. 2. Mac Pro dual 2.8 Gz, 2 GB of RAM, plenty of disk space, running 10.5.2, fresh install.

I've attached a sample of what was happening in OmniWeb at the time of crash, taken using Activity Monitor.
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    marginwalker-Tb6a6ZAuthor
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    April 16, 2008
    Upon further investigation, it appears to be a JavaScript calling Flash Player that's the problem. In OmniWeb, using site-specific preferences, I was able to turn off JavaScript for http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/index. Loading the site no longer crashes OW; if I turn off JavaScript in Safari, it also loads the site.

    I have run into other sites that cause the same problem, however, so this solution will continue to be hit or miss.

    I don't know whether there is anything that Adobe can do to solve this problem, but some investigation would be helpful. Thanks.
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