Why does Safari stall, load slowly and have difficulties navigating the website, "www.foxnews.com" especially when a video page is displayed? I don't have problems with other websites. I am running Safari Version 11.0.2. and MacOS High Sierra Version 10.13.2.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), iOS 11.0.2
You might try updating to 10.13.3, which has Safari 11.0.3.
Safari/Preferences/Advanced and make sure Never use font sizes smaller than is not checked.
Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing
I would uninstall Bitdefender. It tends to interfere with the computer's operation while providing minimal to no benefit unless you work with Windows files.
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later. Please post if this worked or not.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. Please post if this worked or not.
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I am using macOS High Sierra 10.13.3.1 (Supplemental) with Safari 11.0.3. I visit the foxnews website multiple times daily without experiencing what you describe. This site does not appreciate Ad Blockers, and will frequently pop panels to that affect across the page bottom, but this is eye clutter, and has no bearing on other page performance.
I use no browser extensions (removed Ad Blocker), and only use the current Adobe Flash and Reader browser plug-ins.
I am running no add blockers. I have been running Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac. I disabled this application, but no change in operation.
I have noticed that the problem appears to be happening when video is loading or trying to load. The web page struggles to download, or function. Mouse clicks and page movement takes as long as 10-30 seconds to respond. No other web pages with video have this symptom. Puzzling still over this issue.
Safari/Preferences/Advanced and make sure Never use font sizes smaller than is not checked.
If you are referring to the above, some people have set font sizes that are very large, which has prevented pages from loading.
This sounds like what I used to have to go through when running a MicroSoft Operating system. I believe the slow performance is a video issue. I have given up on Safari, and have downloaded Firefox. No problems running the Fox News website using Firefox. It is now my preferred web browser. So far there are no problems with any websites using Firefox.
I am now running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 and Safari 11.0.3 and still have problems with "www.foxnews.com" website.
Did you try any of the suggestions in the links in my last post?
Eric,
A favour. What font sizes would not be checked?
Fox News website and Safari
