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Safari 2.0.1

munkle said:
I can't seem to access the developers' site but surely using command-T is more convenient?
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It probably would be, but I am a mouse guy. I rarely have both hands on the desk, usually I am leaning back in my chair and am watching tv at the same time.
 
aegisdesign said:
They're missing rendering lines so you can't for instance do a transparent rounded box with a 3px line around it. Currently it renders the sides but the corners don't have the line. Also not done are dashed, dotted etc.

I'm wondering if they are going to add dropshadows to borders/backgrounds. That would be very nice, even as a -khtml only thing.

I perhaps didn't make it clear about backgrounds reloading. Safari 1.3/2.0 reloaded background images every time causing a visible blip as they scrolled in. This version fixes that.
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Ah, I'm definitely glad you clarified. Now it makes much more sense... As for the rendering, yeah, they haven't finished their implementation in WebKit yet, but it's nice to know that they're ahead of the curve. Are they adding a drop shadow standard to CSS3 anywhere? I really hope they do.
-Chase
 
wwooden said:
It probably would be, but I am a mouse guy. I rarely have both hands on the desk, usually I am leaning back in my chair and am watching tv at the same time.
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If you're using a 3-button (or 2+wheel) mouse, you can center-click/wheel-click links to make them open in new tabs. That is my preferred method for opening tabs (using Cmd-T when I'm not opening them from links.)

But you probably knew this already.

I just wish Firefox would start supporting the wheel-click approach. It does on Windows, but some bugs in the Mac port don't allow that to work. (There are patches in the queue, but the main release code doesn't have them in place yet.)
 
shamino said:
If you're using a 3-button (or 2+wheel) mouse, you can center-click/wheel-click links to make them open in new tabs. That is my preferred method for opening tabs (using Cmd-T when I'm not opening them from links.)

But you probably knew this already.

I just wish Firefox would start supporting the wheel-click approach. It does on Windows, but some bugs in the Mac port don't allow that to work. (There are patches in the queue, but the main release code doesn't have them in place yet.)
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I did not know that. That's really handy! Now I'll probably forget soon enough...
-Chase
 
yes but...

does safari 2.0.1 successfully load all the images in a fark.com discussion thread now? am i the only one with this problem?

can't wait to try this tonight...did the update this morning.
 
so im not gonna read through 120+ posts to see if its already been discussed, but anyways, is it just me of did this upgrade totally screw up apple's website. All of the text is all effed up.
 
plastikimo said:
so im not gonna read through 120+ posts to see if its already been discussed, but anyways, is it just me of did this upgrade totally screw up apple's website. All of the text is all effed up.
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Go to View -> Text Encoding and make sure "default" (at the top) is selected. Somehow, I think that this is a setting issue, and that Apple didn't screw up Safari in such a way that it doesn't work on their own website. ;) And I think you're the first to mention it in this thread.
 
If you're using a 3-button (or 2+wheel) mouse, you can center-click/wheel-click links to make them open in new tabs. That is my preferred method for opening tabs (using Cmd-T when I'm not opening them from links.)
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Wow! I didn't know that either. Thanks for the tip.
 
ohcrap said:
My point of all this is that I'm wondering if you still prefer OS X over other OS'es, or if you prefer something else, and if so, what?
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I've used so much software in my life and I could make a list of problems for each and every one. However, I have found that in general the user experience of Apple's software is better. A good user experience happens when the software just works and gets the hell out of the way.

It's kind of hard to explain. When I was using Windows, I spent a lot of time looking for things, trying to do things, reading incomprehensible dialog boxes with the same two or three stinking choices for every single one and generally taking care of it.

Using my Mac, I've spent a lot of time doing things. I don't have to look for anything, because everything I want is one click away because of the Dock and the Dashboard. I don't really have to try to do most things, because they are easy and just kind of happen without any real effort on my part. I don't have to read dialog boxes, because I can just click on the button that says what I want to do. I don't have to take care of it, because it practically takes care of itself. It even updates itself! Software Update will come up and ask for my password and then it will do its thing and update. The restart that might be required is the only time my Mac isn't up and running. It's like an appliance that I go and work on and it's always just like I left it. You just use it and that's the beauty of it.
 
stcanard said:
Even then it's only a problem if your active set is larger than the total real memory.
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That is what Safari can and will do.

stcanard said:
Any time I've even come close to filling my real memory with active tasks those dashboard items hit swap so fast it makes their heads spin. So their memory is not affecting system performance, and therefore is not an issue.
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That's true and it is one of Mac OS X's (and UNIX's/Linux's) strengths. Safari seems to be the real problem with my memory drain. I'll be maxing out my memory care of Crucial any day now. My system will thank me, especially my hard drive.
 
crees! said:
Doesn't fix the embedded QuickTime bug. Oh well, maybe the next update will.
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It also breaks the Windows Media Player support. Oh well. No more CNN video updates.

Back to the stone age. :rolleyes:

This is so tiresome.
 
e-coli said:
It also breaks the Windows Media Player support. Oh well. No more CNN video updates.
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Are you sure about this? I have watched WMP streaming video with Safari 2.0.1. In fact, I just navigated over to CNN and I was able to watch a video without difficulty. It came up with a first time nag screen, telling me that it could not determine my WMP version, but then when I clicked the continue button, the video played inline without difficulties.
 
Safari 2.0.1 runs fine....but

in my PowerMac G4 at work the update didnt work...Safari still crash when i close saferi's windows....

at home my PowerMac G5...still crashing after the update....

But then i did a clean intalation of 10.4, then the update to 10.4.2 after that Safari 2.0.1 update, THEN ....it just runs like charm...

i have installed the all Adobe Creative Suite CS2
Macromedia Studio 2004
DVD Studio Pro
iLife and ....

Maybe a Clean instalation could be the solution.... :mad:
 
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