Safari preference for how long opening tried?

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Safari preference for how long opening tried?

Good morning.

Is there a preference to set how long Safari tries to contact a website?

It seems to be set at maybe 60 seconds now.

I would like to set it at 5+ minutes for a single website that down't seem to want to let me on, but on for which multiple other users have ready access (probably all windows users).

I use the most recent Safari version for 10.4.11.

Thanks for your time.

PS: I have also tried with Firefox and IE, but both seem to have the same limitation.

PowerBook G4 1.67 mHz 15"-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 29, 2012 7:02 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 29, 2012 10:01 AM in response to Bruce A

Hi Bruce...

have also tried with Firefox and IE, but both seem to have the same limitation.

It's not a time limit issue, it's the fact that your Mac is running an outdated Mac OS X Tiger (v10.4.11) and an oudated version of Safari.

Tiger was released on 29 April 2005, so you are about seven years behind today's web browsing technology. 😟

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Bruce A Author

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Mar 29, 2012 10:32 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thanks for your reply.

I have also tried it on a WIndows 7 machine with IE -> same abort due to time.

What is it in the newer browser versions that would solve this problem?

Regards from VT where it is back to Spring again.

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Mar 29, 2012 10:57 AM in response to Bruce A

What is it in the newer browser versions that would solve this problem?

Security for starters. And yes, it would solve the problems. Your PBookG4 is about 8 to 9 yrs old? You can't expect aging softwae and hardware to compete with today's technology on the web.

Tiger v10.4 / Leopard v10.5 / Snow Leopard v10.6 / Lion v10.7 and Mountain Lion is not far behind so you are about 4 Mac operating systems behind.

Apple - OS X Mountain Lion. Even more innovation comes to the Mac.

Regards from overcast and a cool SF 🙂

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