de vroom blog talks gpg about 4 December, 2015 Safari is a great browser. I know there are alternatives, like Firefox and Chrome, but I like Safari. Recently I noticed a lag of about 3-5 seconds when opening a new tab. I use tabs often, so this started to get in my way. Because I did not feel like switching browsers, I did some digging around to see if I could get this problem fixed. Doing a quick Google search (after waiting a few seconds for that new tab), there was one quick suggestion: Disable iCloud for Safari Alright, let’s try. No change. Still lag. This was the other common tip: Set ‘New tab opens with’ to ‘Empty Page’ Ok, done. Still lag. I went digging further in Safari’s settings and on a hunch I disabled “Include search engine suggestions”. The magic button. This makes opening new tabs fast again. The reason why this fixes the issue is beyond me,...