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On 2015-09-06 02:01:01 +0000, Alan Browne said:

> Not at all.
> 
> What one user sees may depend on what random-ish content is inserted 
> into his stream.  The base content is the same, but the advertising is 
> random-ish and possibly/probably dependent on whatever the advertising 
> cartels believe about you as represented by past searches (etc.) that 
> you have done.   If they know little about you, then the randomness of 
> the streams is greater; if they know more then less.  Or whatever 
> in-between's there may be.
> 
> As to Safari (etc.) each browser has its weaknesses and strengths.  I 
> find that Chrome is best for my needs.  Some prefer Firefox, Safari, 
> Opera, etc. meet their needs best.  Objectively or subjectively as the 
> case may be (in a Heisenbergish informed universe, of course).

Fair enough, but as far as can tell there are no ads on that BBC web 
page.  I just tried another BBC travel link with similar results (beach 
ball spinning for 5 minutes, with 100% CPU usage).

Safari is fast enough for me and I prefer it over Firefox for its 
gestures, but it does behave strangely for some web pages.

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        Re: Safari performance... TDH1978 <thedeerhunter1978@movie.uni> - 2015-09-05 23:15 -0400
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