Safari Public Beta 2 Out Now...

jMc · Apr 14, 2003, 08:47 AM

Probably not the first, but...

Public Beta 2 of Safari now available-

http://www.apple.com/safari/

saint · 08:57 AM

Thanks. I think you were actually the first.

It's v73. Pretty impressive too.
It's got tabs & autofill, seems to be faster.

pseudobrit · Apr 14, 2003, 08:55 AM

It's in your Software Update too.

jMc · Apr 14, 2003, 08:58 AM

Yeah, unfortunately I'm stuck on my work PC till tonight - otherwise I would have posted more...

jx

DaveGee · Apr 14, 2003, 08:59 AM

I thought for sure I was going to be first... "I was 'that' close"

Safari: Speedy, Stable and Compatible... who could ask for anything more? (hmmm with Mac users, maybe I shouldn't ask that...)

Dave

iJon · Apr 14, 2003, 09:03 AM

does this new version fix macrumors so we can see the side stuff for the active threads.

iJon

Tiauguinho · Apr 14, 2003, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by iJon
does this new version fix macrumors so we can see the side stuff for the active threads.

iJon

Yep, its fixed now. That was a annoying bug in v71.

sphereboy · Apr 14, 2003, 09:12 AM

TABS!!! TABS!!! TABS!!! TABS!!! it's what i've been waiting for! ... oh my oh my

joed · Apr 14, 2003, 09:14 AM

v73 seems heaps faster than v60.

Though all my favicons have gone, so now i have to visit every bookmark to reload em! Oh well, small price to pay.

losfp · Apr 14, 2003, 09:18 AM

eyyyyyeeesssssss!!!!!

The best thing is that text is actually READABLE NOW!!!!

No more blur-o-vision!

Ummm.. although... is anyone noticing all the vBulletin "reply" etc buttons aligning a bit weirdly?

Wardofsky · Apr 14, 2003, 09:27 AM

You beat me.

Damn, I thought I was unique.

I'm going now, and I may not come back.

I need to learn how to use tabbed browsing, I don't think I ever used it.

I also need to learn how to NOT press return after every sentence.

robotrenegade · Apr 14, 2003, 09:53 AM

How do you get the tabed browsing to work?

JPGR_Fan · Apr 14, 2003, 09:53 AM

Oh Yeah! Delete IE. I can now get into a secure site that previously I needed to drop back to IE to get in.

pmcaleer · Apr 14, 2003, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by robotrenegade
How do you get the tabed browsing to work?

Go to Preferences - Tabs. Then, Enable Tabbed Browsing. I too found it curious that it wasn't on by default.

buffsldr · Apr 14, 2003, 09:58 AM

Not too sure what tabbed browsing is, but it seems to be in demand. I will check it out. <Ding> Downloand is finished.

JtheLemur · Apr 14, 2003, 10:01 AM

Ehhhh... it's alriiiiiight... but the latest nightly build of Camino is tons better. It may not have autofill yet, which is a downer, but Safari can't touch it in terms of speed (loading pages nor in the interface in general).

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/camino/nightly/latest/

grab it and compare, you may be surprised...

Wardofsky · Apr 14, 2003, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by buffsldr
Not too sure what tabbed browsing is, but it seems to be in demand. I will check it out. <Ding> Downloand is finished.

Hell, I didn't use it before but now I need it!

Also, in terms of downloads, if you cancel a download, it doesn't delete it but instead leaves what it has downloaded.

Goekeli · Apr 14, 2003, 10:16 AM

It is still much slower than camino for me!

I hope they put some speed into it in the final release. It's nice to have it updated through software update!

Joe

Wardofsky · Apr 14, 2003, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jMc
Yeah, unfortunately I'm stuck on my work PC till tonight - otherwise I would have posted more...

jx

You'll make it through...

davy the bunny · Apr 14, 2003, 10:21 AM

I'm stuck at work on a pc as well, jeez I can't wait? Anyone see any large differences between 71 and this 73 yet?

Thanks for the info about the downloading wardofsky, that was really annoying me on a dialup. . .

rog · Apr 14, 2003, 10:22 AM

Still lacking compared to Mozilla. It's quite a bit slower than Mozilla for me. For instance, loading the macsurfer.com page, Mozilla instantly start displaying while Safari starts to load a bit, then displays. It's an annoying delay and it does this for every site.

autofill does not work such that you can double click in a field and it will fill it in as in Mozilla.

Why can't you click in the URL field and see a list of recent URLs you typed in? I do that ALL the time.

I just don't like the bookmark system. I want to see my bookmarks in a frame and still see my browser window. I hate how Safari makes the browser window disappear when looking at bookmarks.

The scroll wheel performance is horrible and non-adjustable. It works fine in other apps for me, but is glacial in Safari. (MS intellimouse explorer and MS driver).

Also, Java doesn't work as well. Tried going to one of my favorite speed test sites, but the test window doesn't show, while it works fine in Mozilla.

Much better than before, but still not as good as Mozilla and presents no reason for me to switch.

Classic · Apr 14, 2003, 10:25 AM

First off, kudos to Apple for finally releasing Safari Beta 2. Tabbed browsing makes all the difference. It's especially cool how you can combine keyboard commands to either open links in tabs or windows in the background or foreground. I do have one question though.

Has anybody figured out the keyboard command for cycling through the tabs? You can cmd+~ to cycle through open windows, but I want to cycle through the tabs without having to use my mous to go and click on a tab itself. Anybody know how to do that?

deepkid · Apr 14, 2003, 10:25 AM

Perhaps this is unique to my installation, but all of my bookmarks are gone after installing beta 2. It looks like my bookmarks.plist file was overwritten or is located in a place where beta 2 can not find it. Will have to tackle it later tonight.

Just a heads up.

hesdeadjim · Apr 14, 2003, 10:27 AM

I feel that safari is much faster, and it seems to be render much better in this release. I'll have to use it more to see I how I truely feel about it, but it seem to came a long way from the 2-12 release (only get public beta releases).

Rincewind42 · Apr 14, 2003, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Classic
Has anybody figured out the keyboard command for cycling through the tabs? You can cmd+~ to cycle through open windows, but I want to cycle through the tabs without having to use my mous to go and click on a tab itself. Anybody know how to do that?

Check out the window menu - it's Cmd-Shift Left/Right arrow key

Apr 14, 2003, 08:47 AM	#1
jMc macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London N8, Late-16th Century	Safari Public Beta 2 Out Now... Probably not the first, but... Public Beta 2 of Safari now available- http://www.apple.com/safari/ __________________ Bed and Breakfast in Rye, East Sussex?

Apr 14, 2003, 08:52 AM	#2
saint macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney	Thanks. I think you were actually the first. It's v73. Pretty impressive too. It's got tabs & autofill, seems to be faster. __________________ The truth is out there. Last edited by saint : Apr 14, 2003 at 08:57 AM.

Apr 14, 2003, 08:55 AM	#3
pseudobrit macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Jobs' Spare Liver Jar	It's in your Software Update too. __________________ Starting with a mistake, a remorseless logician can end up in bedlam

Apr 14, 2003, 08:58 AM	#4
jMc Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London N8, Late-16th Century	Yeah, unfortunately I'm stuck on my work PC till tonight - otherwise I would have posted more... jx __________________ Bed and Breakfast in Rye, East Sussex?

Apr 14, 2003, 09:12 AM	#8
sphereboy macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2002 Location: MIAMI.FL.USA	TABS!!! TABS!!! TABS!!! TABS!!! it's what i've been waiting for! ... oh my oh my __________________ sphereboy - PB G4 1.67 2GB · PB G4 800MHz 2GB · G5 2x2GHZ 3GB RAM SuperDrive · G4 2x1GHZ 1.5GB Ipod 20GB -Ipod 2GB · MacMini 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo

Apr 14, 2003, 08:59 AM	#5
DaveGee macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: DELETE THIS ACCOUNT	I thought for sure I was going to be first... "I was 'that' close" Safari: Speedy, Stable and Compatible... who could ask for anything more? (hmmm with Mac users, maybe I shouldn't ask that...) Dave

Apr 14, 2003, 09:03 AM	#6
iJon macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002	does this new version fix macrumors so we can see the side stuff for the active threads. iJon

Apr 14, 2003, 09:14 AM	#9
joed macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dubai, UAE	v73 seems heaps faster than v60. Though all my favicons have gone, so now i have to visit every bookmark to reload em! Oh well, small price to pay. __________________ Mactimeline

Apr 14, 2003, 09:18 AM	#10
losfp macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney	eyyyyyeeesssssss!!!!! The best thing is that text is actually READABLE NOW!!!! No more blur-o-vision! Ummm.. although... is anyone noticing all the vBulletin "reply" etc buttons aligning a bit weirdly? __________________ Des' Blog

Apr 14, 2003, 09:27 AM	#11
Wardofsky macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2002	You beat me. Damn, I thought I was unique. I'm going now, and I may not come back. I need to learn how to use tabbed browsing, I don't think I ever used it. I also need to learn how to NOT press return after every sentence.

Apr 14, 2003, 09:53 AM	#12
robotrenegade macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Greenville,SC	How do you get the tabed browsing to work? __________________ 60GB iPod \| 17" Mac Book Pro \| Mac OS 10.5.4 \| 8GB iphone

Apr 14, 2003, 09:53 AM	#13
JPGR_Fan macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: St. Louis/Jupiter	Oh Yeah! Delete IE. I can now get into a secure site that previously I needed to drop back to IE to get in. __________________ "Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox, They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe."

Apr 14, 2003, 09:58 AM	#15
buffsldr macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2001	Not too sure what tabbed browsing is, but it seems to be in demand. I will check it out. <Ding> Downloand is finished.

Apr 14, 2003, 10:01 AM	#16
JtheLemur macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2002	Ehhhh... it's alriiiiiight... but the latest nightly build of Camino is tons better. It may not have autofill yet, which is a downer, but Safari can't touch it in terms of speed (loading pages nor in the interface in general). http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/camino/nightly/latest/ grab it and compare, you may be surprised...

Apr 14, 2003, 10:16 AM	#18
Goekeli macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002	It is still much slower than camino for me! I hope they put some speed into it in the final release. It's nice to have it updated through software update! Joe

Apr 14, 2003, 10:21 AM	#20
davy the bunny macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas	I'm stuck at work on a pc as well, jeez I can't wait? Anyone see any large differences between 71 and this 73 yet? Thanks for the info about the downloading wardofsky, that was really annoying me on a dialup. . .

Apr 14, 2003, 10:22 AM	#21
rog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kalapana, HI	Better, but.. Still lacking compared to Mozilla. It's quite a bit slower than Mozilla for me. For instance, loading the macsurfer.com page, Mozilla instantly start displaying while Safari starts to load a bit, then displays. It's an annoying delay and it does this for every site. autofill does not work such that you can double click in a field and it will fill it in as in Mozilla. Why can't you click in the URL field and see a list of recent URLs you typed in? I do that ALL the time. I just don't like the bookmark system. I want to see my bookmarks in a frame and still see my browser window. I hate how Safari makes the browser window disappear when looking at bookmarks. The scroll wheel performance is horrible and non-adjustable. It works fine in other apps for me, but is glacial in Safari. (MS intellimouse explorer and MS driver). Also, Java doesn't work as well. Tried going to one of my favorite speed test sites, but the test window doesn't show, while it works fine in Mozilla. Much better than before, but still not as good as Mozilla and presents no reason for me to switch.

Apr 14, 2003, 10:25 AM	#22
Classic macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2001	cycle through tabs? First off, kudos to Apple for finally releasing Safari Beta 2. Tabbed browsing makes all the difference. It's especially cool how you can combine keyboard commands to either open links in tabs or windows in the background or foreground. I do have one question though. Has anybody figured out the keyboard command for cycling through the tabs? You can cmd+~ to cycle through open windows, but I want to cycle through the tabs without having to use my mous to go and click on a tab itself. Anybody know how to do that?

Apr 14, 2003, 10:25 AM	#23
deepkid macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: chicago	bookmarks erased Perhaps this is unique to my installation, but all of my bookmarks are gone after installing beta 2. It looks like my bookmarks.plist file was overwritten or is located in a place where beta 2 can not find it. Will have to tackle it later tonight. Just a heads up.

Apr 14, 2003, 10:27 AM	#24
hesdeadjim macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Austin, TX	I feel that safari is much faster, and it seems to be render much better in this release. I'll have to use it more to see I how I truely feel about it, but it seem to came a long way from the 2-12 release (only get public beta releases). __________________ There are four lights! -Captain Picard (I'm a geek) White MacBook Core Duo 2.0 GHz 1 GB Ram

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