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Apple Announces Safari 4
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how can I send Apple feedback about putting that blue bar back in? I keep thinking web pages aren't loading because I'm so used to it and let's be honest, it's a Safari staple.
It's not a bug and that's the only feedback button Apple provides.
It's true, you only appreciate something when you don't have it anymore
Report it as a bug using the bug button at the right hand side of the google search box
The new Smart Address Field alone is worth the upgrade. It's a lot like Firefox's "Awesome bar", which is one of its best features.
New tab bar is..... interesting. Kind of hard to get used to. I miss "double click to create new tab" from Safari 3.
Top Sites is surprisingly cool. I could see myself using this.
Fast. A little buggy, since it's beta, but quite fast.
Native look and feel for Windows is very important. It was ridiculous to force a non-native appearance. Imagine if the situation were reversed - you wouldn't want a Mac browser that had Windows style scroll bars and widgets and everything.
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New tab bar is..... interesting. Kind of hard to get used to. I miss "double click to create new tab" from Safari 3.
Top Sites is surprisingly cool. I could see myself using this.
Fast. A little buggy, since it's beta, but quite fast.
Native look and feel for Windows is very important. It was ridiculous to force a non-native appearance. Imagine if the situation were reversed - you wouldn't want a Mac browser that had Windows style scroll bars and widgets and everything.
I agree, this is one of Safari's totally unique and best features. It's still available in the beta VIA a hidden preference, just like the old tabs. Hope they don't get rid of it altogether. Perhaps people should voice their opinion to Apple about it.
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Code:
$ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign -bool NO
$ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO
How do I clear the safari search history?
Err
It's not where it used to be and it's not one of the options when resetting Safari either.
Good find.
How do I clear the safari search history?
You can clear the history on the coverflow page...it is a button on the bottom left.
gmail + safari 4
+1 for gmail issues. my google apps/work account is working, but gmail itself gets stuck on a blank page - apart from that great browser.
any ideas on getting gmail unstuck for safari 4?
+1 for gmail issues. my google apps/work account is working, but gmail itself gets stuck on a blank page - apart from that great browser.
any ideas on getting gmail unstuck for safari 4?
I'm sure this has been posted previously, but just to reiterate....
The new refresh button DOES double as a stop button. Just click the spinning icon while a page is loading and, hey presto! Stopped.
The new refresh button DOES double as a stop button. Just click the spinning icon while a page is loading and, hey presto! Stopped.
OK cool thanks for that. Not exactly the smoothest method to do it. (perhaps have an option to do this in the ctrl-Click option menu or when making a new bookmark) But then again, this is a Beta release, so I am guessing that this may be made easier by the time 4 is actually released...
It starts up slow slow at first. But then it picked up. I really like the new address bar! Love the top sites.
Only thing is, I like the animation you get after you click on one of the top sites but it takes way too long.
Only thing is, I like the animation you get after you click on one of the top sites but it takes way too long.
That is a rather new development in browser design. I would expect Safari to adopt this approach in the future.
I would assume the Leopard version is using the new GC support provided by the objective-c 2.0 runtime. Which should help with leaky code (if there was any to begin with). A lot of the memory usage is probably intentional. Better to keep objects that are most likely going to be needed again than to dealloc and re-alloc everytime. Again, I don't know how Safari's structured, so a total shot in the dark hear.
Again, the Leopard version is probably GC'd. One thread per each tab isn't going to do anything in that area. You probably meant one process per tab, a la Google's Chrome.
I just installed the beta about 30 mins ago, liked the overall UI.. But had to un-install, at least until 1password comes out with an update.
Gmail works fine. Google was having problems earlier with service.
Also, I've using the beta on Tiger at work. I can't use Safari Adblock - I REALLY hope it isn't broken - but Click2Flash still works. Brushed metal is gone, but since it was designed to match Leopard's appearance, some things look a little off.
1Password works flawlessly with Safari 4, you just have to edit a plist file...
http://johnny.chadda.se/2009/02/24/enable-1password-in-safari-4-beta/
The improved reader sounds good... I can see (and read) just fine, but I have dreams of writing a little app to scrape a couple websites into computer generated audio files that I can listen to in the car and at work. The "describing what appears on the screen" sounds like it might make something like this usable.