When inputing text in Gmail Safari slows down a lot

I'm glad someone else is having this issue, as I can find hardly any google references!

Same problem here, Safari 4.0 on OSX 10.5.7 (all updates applied) is very slow when typing in Gmail.

Unfortunately I can't replicate this issue, but it occurs sometimes when I start to type a reply in Gmail - The cursor gets slower and slower and I have to wait for the typing to 'catch up' - Bug report submitted in Safari.

Anyone else?

Hello -

I am also experiencing this issue with Safari 4. If you watch the Safari 4 process in activity monitor it is spiking at 100% as you type into the GMail text area. Definitely looking for a fix.

~ Ben

Same here- very sluggish, though the effect remains after I close down gmail, it doesn't appear to begin until I start typing in gmail text box (its affecting me right now). Memory leak? How come this wasnt happening in the betas or Safari 3? Have gmail updated their app or is it just Safari 4?

I'm also having Gmail issues.

After I sign in, if I try to click on a new message it will say "that conversation no longer exists" and then it reverts my inbox to what it looked like a few weeks ago. I have to sign out and then back in to get my current inbox back, but it still won't let me open any of the messages.

I have only noticed this problem the past few days, in Safari 4 (Gmail works just fine for me in Firefox). Any help would be appreciated!

I too have the same problem. Has there been any answer? I thought maybe it was a plug in like Safari Ad Block, but that doesn't seem to be it.

Matt

I am having the same issue and updating to Safari 4.0.2 (5530.19) did not solve the issue.

It's very annoying!

Is your problem restricted to gmail? I am having very similar issues writing text in Facebook via Safari 4 - both on my antiquated desktop and my much higher spec'd Mac Book Pro.

Both are wired Ethernet connections to a moderately fast DSL connection, and Activity Monitor shows massive spikes for Safari's use of the CPU - 110% was the record so far! (Mac Book has dual processors). Meanwhile I sit and contemplate the beach ball ...

So I'm trying Safari 4.02, see if that makes a difference (tho I see a couple of people said it didn't for them).

Same problem here. It's pretty consistent once I get more than a few sentences typed in.

Same happening for my wife on her Macbook Pro (everything up to date). Sadly, she's now switched to Firefox...

I thought I'd give an update since there are more people reporting the same issue.

Since my last post (see above) I have been using just Safari 4.0.2 (5530.19) and did NOT encounter this problem again, strangely enough. It seems to have disappeared but I do not know why. I believe the only update that I have made to the system since then was the latest EFI update, but that I think is unrelated.

Is anyone else who encountered this problem before not experiencing it anymore?

Cheers

I am on 4.0.2 and am having the same problem. It is so bad I might switch to Chrome just for Google Apps.

Same problem here: iMac, 10.5.7, Safari Version 4.0.2 (5530.19), typing in gmail when composing messages starts out ok then slows dowwwwwwnnnnnnn until it's VERY frustrating to type.

This ONLY happens in Safari and ONLY with Gmail.

One temporary solution is that if you click "Save now" when you go back to typing it's normal speed again and doesn't seem to slow down after that.

I hope that someone from Apple is reading this (Surely some of their staff use gmail on their Macs and have encountered this as well). Very frustrating. I am running my mac with all the updates and I hate to switch to FireFox again. I did it once before when Gmail wasn't working properly in Safari 3.x.

Agreed, though mine seems to be fine today maybe they fixed it in the 10.5.8 update? I noticed the update reinstalls Safari 4.

Hi Christopher Dart;

Apple does not monitor these forums for problems. So I am afraid I am going to have to shatter your hope and tell you they will not notice your problem.

If you feel that Apple should know about your problem then you are going to have to post it at http://apple.com/feedback. If you post it there then they will see it.

Allan